RBCT Strike

South Africa remains beset by industrial action, as exemplified by the strike that took place at Richards Bay Coal Terminal in mid-July, involving members of the South African Trade and Allied Workers' Union. The action started on July 13 2010 after a dispute over wages. Musa Makhanya, the union's provincial treasurer, declared that just over half of all 520 employees at the terminal were on strike.While workers agreed to a salary increase of 9.5% in 2010, they opposed management's demand to fix the same rate for 2011 and

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