Union strikes for 9% wage increase, Numsa ponders a solidarity strike.

Workers and employers in South Africa’s petroleum sector have agreed on a two-year wage deal, says labour union Solidarity.

As Nigeria’s fuel strike entered its third day, the country’s government has warned that the crippling protests could result in anarchy.

Negotiations between fuel sector unions and employers have reached a point where they may resolve their dispute, the CCMA said on Tuesday.

Petrol sector talks have reached a deadlock, the National Petroleum Employers’ Association said on Saturday.

For workers out on strike in the chemical and fuel industry it’s a matter of improving their current hand-to-mouth existence, writes <b>Oupa Nkosi</b>

Fuel industry workers who are members of Solidarity have suspended their strike and will return to work, the union said on Wednesday afternoon.

South Africa’s fuel workers’ union has rejected a minimum 8% wage increase and is holding out for a double-digit hike

Wage talks in the fuel sector will resume on Monday, the National Petroleum Employers’ Association said on Saturday.

Scores of petrol stations in SA have run out of fuel, an industry spokesperson said on Thursday, as a strike by workers in the oil sector escalates.

Satawu will sign an agreement that essentially ends the strike in the road freight sector, the union said on Wednesday.

Talks to end a sometimes violent truck driver strike that has seen hundreds of petrol stations run dry, continued into the early hours of Wednesday.