Coal bosses receiving huge increases

Lusanda Bill
26 July 2011

Trade Union Solidarity says it decided to join the coal sector strike after it came to light that executive officers in the sector received increases of up to 93-percent.

Wage negotiations deadlocked on Friday.

Employers in the coal sector made a final wage offer of eight-point-five-percent for category four employees and a seven-percent increase for employees on other job levels.

Solidarity’s Moira Kloppers says big increases are needed to retain skilled employees in the country.