National Congress Party: Labour Caucus

African National Congress Dept: Late Tuesday local time, the Independent Labour Caucus, which represents more than 11 of South Africa's largest trade unions, rejected the government's latest offer of an across-the-board 6.5 per cent wage increase and 630 rand about $90 Cdn employee housing allowance, according to CBC. Workers at state-owned firms recently negotiated an eight per cent wage hike. President Jacob Zuma's ruling African National Congress party has pledged to lower the country's deficit of 6.7 per cent of GDP and nearly one million public-sector workers in South Africa could walk off the job as early as Thursday if a deal isn't reached between the government and a consortium of leading labour unions. Striking South African public service workers march through the streets of Durban on July 29. They are demanding wage increases and a hike in their monthly housing allowance. Rogan Ward/Reuters The unions are demanding an 8.6 per cent wage hike and 1,000 rand $140 Cdn monthly housing allowance. As reported in the news.
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