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Eskom striking workers expected to return to work. Photo: Eskom.

Eskom striking workers expected to resume duties

Striking Eskom workers have been advised to return to work following wage agreements between unions and Eskom

striking workers Eskom

Eskom striking workers expected to return to work. Photo: Eskom.

Minister of Public Enterprise Pravin Gordhan is expecting striking workers to return to work following a wage strike that left the country in complete darkness.
In a statement, Eskom confirmed that it had reached an agreement with unions NUMSA and NUM at the Central Bargaining Forum.

STRIKING WORKERS ADVISED BY UNIONS

Also, a joint statement by the unions elaborated on the developments in the Eskom wage negotiations which took over two days.

“NUM and NUMSA can inform the public and our members at Eskom that the bilateral meeting this morning has registered considerable progress in that negotiations have been able to break new ground with a new offer which will be tabled at the Central Bargaining Forum (CBF) this coming Friday, 1 July 2022. Given the fact that Eskom has finally agreed to return to the negotiating table and there is a new offer which will be formally presented on Friday in the CBF, NUM and NUMSA leadership are calling on our members at Eskom to give the process of negotiations a chance,” NUM National Spokesperson, Livhuwani Mammburu said.

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INSIGHT ON THE TWO-DAY MEETING

“This includes a consultation processes with workers themselves on the new offer that is a product of negotiations between the two unions and Eskom over the past two days to unlock the current deadlock. In light of these developments, we call on workers at Eskom to normalise the situation given that Eskom has returned to the negotiating table. We are calling on our members to give this process and the CBF meeting on Friday the necessary chance to settle the current dispute,” Mammburu explained.

The effects of the strike has destabilised Eskom’s capacity to keep the lights on, as a result, resorting to implementing stage 6 of loadshedding.