OWN CORRESPONDENT, Pretoria | Wednesday 5.30am.
THE strike at telecoms parastatal Telkom is finally over, after the company and the Communication Wokers Union reached agreement late on Tuesday.
In terms of the deal, the minimum wage goes up by 9,3%, while support staff get 7% and operational staff 6% across the board.
Telkom spokeswoman Amanda Singleton said in a statement: “This means that all forms of protected industrial action are now over. All Telkom employees will return to work at full productivity as of [Wednesday].”
Tuesday 5.10pm:
A DEMONSTRATION by members of the Communication Workers Union turned nasty on Tuesday when protestors forced their way into Telkom’s Pretoria head office and vandalised offices.
Telkom spokeswoman Amanda Singleton said between 300 and 400 protesters forced their way up to the third floor. Police spokesman Captain Gideon Thessner said that the protestors who made it inside the building were some of 1000 workers protesting outside the offices.