/ 26 August 1999

POST OFFICE TO MEET UNIONS

THE Post Office is due to meet with the Communication Workers Union on Thursday afternoon under the auspices of the Commission for Conciliation, Mediation and Arbitration in Johannesburg in a bid to resolve their current wage deadlock. This comes after the Post Office on Wednesday gave the union a 48-hour lockout notice. The CWU is demanding a 14% increase, while management is sticking to its offer of 7% for higher-level employees and 10,1% for those on lower levels.