S.African metal, engineering sector set for strike

(Reuters) - About 260,000 South African workers in the metal and engineering sector are due to launch a strike on Monday over a wage dispute, unions said on Sunday.

The open-ended strike will affect more than 9,000 firms, including Bell Equipment and the Scaw Metals Group, owned by mining group Anglo American Plc, Solidarity union chief negotiator Johan Pieterse told Reuters.


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S.Africa unions declare wage dispute with Exxaro

(Reuters) - South African trade unions said on Wednesday they had declared a dispute over wages with diversifed miner Exxaro, after the company made a final wage offer of an 8 percent increase.

The unions, Solidarity, the National Union of Mineworkers and the National Union of Metal Workers of South Africa declared the dispute, the first legal step towards going on strike.


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Angloplat, unions move closer in wage talks

(Reuters) - Trade unions and the world's biggest platinum producer Angloplat have moved closer together in wage talks, union officials said on Friday.

Analysts have been expecting mining strikes to break out in South Africa, the world's largest producer of gold and platinum, but Solidarity said in a statement negotiations had been positive.


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