Unions and Salga reach an agreement

Mluleki Mrwebi

28 July 2012

The three months long wage negotiations between the South African Municipal Workers' Union and the South African Local Government Association came to an end.

Salga has agreed to a six-and-a-half-percent wage increase as part of a three-year wage agreement.

The Unions were demanding a 15-percent increase and employers were only offering four-percent.

The Unions were threatening to embark on a national strike had a deal not been secured within three weeks.