Members of the National Union of Metal Workers of South Africa (NUMSA) protest on the streets of Durban July 1, 2014. REUTERS/Rogan Ward
Briefs
Talks to end SA engineering strike resume
More than 200,000 employees affiliated to the National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa (NUMSA) downed tools on July 2, demanding 12-15 percent wage increases. The stoppage has disrupted the supply of car parts and affected construction work at two crucial power stations for state utility Eskom.
"If they agree to it, then we must go to our members and indicate to them that this is how far we've gone as a union," Ngobese said.
He declined to give details of the proposal. NUMSA has already rejected a pay increase offer of between 9 and 10 percent.
The industrial action has dealt a further blow to the ailing South African economy, coming almost immediately after a five-month strike by miners in the platinum sector.