Rustenburg - The Chemical, Energy, Paper, Printing, Wood and Allied Workers Union (Ceppwawu) has served a 48-hours strike notice with employers in the chemical industry, the National Petroleum Employers Association and also the National Bargaining Council for the Chemical Industry, general secretary Simon Mofokeng said on Monday.
Mofokeng said the union was demanding a nine-percent percent wage increase against the employer’s offer of 6.5 percent.
The union also wanted a minimum wage of R8 000 plus for a shift allowance to be extended to temporary workers.
The strike notice follows after wage talks deadlocked.
“Ceppwawu has served a 48 hours industrial strike notice with effect from Thursday, 28th July 2016,” he said.
African News Agency