- Title: SOUTH AFRICA: Striking South African broadcast staff hold out for higher wages
- Date: 31st July 2009
- Summary: JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA (JULY 30, 2009) (REUTERS) WORKER WITH SABC STRIKE T-SHIRT VARIOUS OF THE STRIKING WORKERS CARRYING POSTERS SINGING AND DANCING STRIKING WORKER WITH POSTER READING "GIVE US OUR 12.2% CUT IT FROM YOUR FAT SALARIES " MORE OF PROTESTERS SINGING AND DANCING POLICE WATCHING (SOUNDBITE) (English) UNION REPRESENTATIVE, ERNEST DLAMINI, SAYING : "Th
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- Location: South Africa
- Country: South Africa
- Topics: Industry
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- Story Text: South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) continue a strike for higher pay.
Employees of the South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) Thursday (July 30) continued a strike for higher pay as part of a fourth day of similar action countrywide involving public transport workers, refuse collectors and licensing officers among others.
About 1,500 SABC workers, half the broadcaster's workforce, stayed away, according to the Media Workers Association of South Africa.
Workers were also protesting in Pretoria, Limpopo and the SABC's Eastern Cape offices.
"The management, what we have seen is that, they have given themselves huge bonuses knowing very well that the company's finances is in the red, so, this management is irresponsible, so, they must all go," said the union representative Ernest Dlamini.
Unions were expected to meet the chair of the SABC board on Friday (July 31).
Workers wanted a 12.2 per cent wage increase, while the SABC was offering 8.5 per cent.
According to the broadcaster's spokesperson, Kaizer Kganyago, another union accepted the SABC's wage offer and was not participating in the stayaway. - Copyright Holder: REUTERS
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