South Africa: Striking Workers Consider Latest Wage Proposal

The National Union of Metal Workers of South Africa (NUMSA), the country's largest labor union, is considering the latest offer from employers aimed at ending a three-week strike in the country's steel and engineering sector.

At the intervention of the Labor Ministry, the Steel and Engineering Federation of Southern Africa (SEIFSA) agreed Tuesday to increase by 10 percent the salaries of three categories of workers over the next three years.

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