JOHANNESBURG Oct 8 (Reuters) – The South African Municipal
Workers Union (SAMWU) has filed notice to launch a national
strike, a spokesman said on Monday, in the latest sign that
labour unrest was widening further byond the mining industry.
“The union is mobilising towards a national protest, which
would begin as soon as this week,” spokesman Tahir Sema said.
The strike, which could lead to a one-day protest or an
indefinite strike, would call for medium and lower-income
workers to receive market-related salaries and for pay parirty
among workers across the provinces, he added.
(Reporting by Agnieszka Flak; editing by David Dolan)
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