Eskom wage talks | Solidarity says members are pressured by inflation

JOHANNESBURG - Solidarity says it won't accept anything below the current inflation rate from Eskom.  

The power utility is butting heads with three unions over pay increases.

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The unions reject Eskom's offer of a 3.75-percent wage increase. They are demanding 15-percent.

Solidarity's Gideon du Plessis said, "inflation pressure experienced by workers that we represent is higher than the CPR, we can break it down into details."

"The duration of the agreement to be two years then the long service award to be calculated as the percentage of the employees basic rate of payment, at the moment based at R20,000."

"Housing allowance to increase by five percent or other benefits and allowances to increase as the same percentage as finally agreed. We also requested that the unilateral change to conditions of employment to be corrected."