Public Sector Strikes

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As the country reels from twin strikes by the metal and chemical worker unions, a further strike is looming by nearly a million members of Cosatu.

Public-sector unions have accepted the government’s wage offer, the South African Democratic Teachers’ Union confirmed on Tuesday evening.

Public-sector unions are to meet on Wednesday afternoon for a final decision on whether the majority of unions will accept the government’s pay offer.

Public Service Minister Richard Baloyi said on Tuesday he hoped to never see a repeat of this year’s public-sector strike.

The Health And Other Service Personnel Trade Union of South Africa (Hospersa) will not be signing the government’s wage offer, the union has said.

The strike may be over but the anxiety has only just begun for matric students. We talk to pupils from public and private schools.

South African public sector workers suspended a pay strike on Monday as it entered its fourth week, union officials said.

A question that plagues <b>Pat Schwartz</b> most about this strike: At what point does the right to fair pay trump the right to life?

The Cabinet has urged public-service wage negotiators to urgently find an amicable and win-win solution to the strike.