Cape Town – Eskom and labour unions – National Union of Mineworkers (Num) and National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa (Numsa) – are expected to return to the Central Bargaining Forum (CBF) on Friday to continue talks to try and end the crippling strike.
The power utility reportedly tabled a 7% wage increase, a move that prompted the labour unions to call on their members to return to work earlier this week.
According to EWN, both Eskom and the unions go into the talks burdened by defiant workers who still refused to go back to their posts.
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Talks between the unions and Eskom collapsed last week after the power utility offered workers 5.3%.
This resulted in thousands of Eskom workers downing tools at nine of its power stations and other operating facilities.
This wildcat strike, combined with unplanned breakdowns, plunged the country into Stage 6 load shedding for the second time in the history of rotational power cuts, according to IOL.
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Compiled by Sinothando Siyolo
