2010 construction companies have a dedline on wage offer

By Mandisi Tyulu
21 June 2009


The National Union of Mineworkers says the Federation of Civil Engineering Contractors have only Thursday to reconsider their wage offer otherwise there will be a crippling strike at major 2010 FIFA World Cup construction sites.

The union wants a 15% wage increase for its members, while employers initially offered around 7.5%.

NUM says after spending the day locked in talks with the federation on Friday the employers upped their offer to 8.5%.

NUM’s Lesiba Seshoka says they are sticking to there wage demand.

By Thursday we are looking forward to them giving us a proper outcome and that is the 15% that we are looking for,” says Seshoka.

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