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Africa-Press – South-Africa. <\/strong><\/span>The biggest labour union at Eskom wants a 15% wage increase even as the utility fails to generate adequate electricity to meet the country\u2019s needs, resulting in nationwide power cuts.<\/p>\n

The National Union of Mineworkers wants the same raise for all workers along with other increases in allowances for housing and other benefits, it said in a copy of the letter to Eskom seen by Bloomberg.<\/p>\n

Wage negotiations at the utility come at a contentious time for Eskom and South Africa. Measures implemented by President Cyril Ramaphosa to end power shortages have included expanding a programme to buy renewable energy, implementing a national state of disaster that was retracted and appointing an electricity minister, but the ongoing outages have deepened in recent days.<\/p>\n

Labour settled on a one-year contract with Eskom in 2022 following violent protests that intimidated some workers from reporting for duty and increased power shortages that contributed to an all-time record. Eskom employees aren\u2019t allowed to strike legally, because the provision of electricity is considered an essential service.<\/p>\n

Solidarity, another labour union at the utility, has also submitted its demand for a pay increase of 3 percentage points above the average inflation rate.<\/p>\n

South Africa\u2019s average inflation rate was 6.9% last year and the central bank projects that will slow to 6% for 2023.<\/p>\n

For More News And Analysis About South-Africa<\/a> Follow Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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