The five-day strike by South Africa’s municipal workers is over, Samwu and Imatu said on Friday.
Negotiations between municipal workers and their employers remain deadlocked, unions said on Thursday afternoon.
Unions representing municipal workers were inching closer to a wage deal, an official said ahead of a meeting with the employer on Thursday.
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/ 9 February 2008
Fire and emergency services countrywide will collapse due to massive staff shortages, the Independent Municipal and Allied Trade Union said on Friday. The breakdown in fire services came about because municipalities had failed to set aside sufficient funds to fill critical vacancies, said general secretary Johan Koen.
At least 10 000 municipal workers are expected to converge at Johannesburg’s Beyers Naude Square on Monday to begin a three-day strike. Police say there may be traffic backlogs and disruptions and have urged motorists to avoid the vicinity near the square.