Formal unveiling of Eskom offer still to happen, NUM says
Eskom is said to be willing to increase its wage offer to 7% when it meets trade unions for renewed talks on Friday
The electricity utility is said to be willing to increase its wage offer to 7% when it meets trade unions for renewed negotiations on Friday, in a bid to entice wildcat strikers back to work and reduce higher stages of load-shedding.
NUM national spokesperson Livhuwani Mammburu on Thursday rejected a report that it and the National Union of Metalworkers of SA (Numsa) had rejected this offer.
An improved wage offer “is still going to be presented — it has not been revealed to anyone. An offer is there, but it has not been revealed to the public or anyone. We don't know where they got that 7% they say has been rejected by unions — we have never rejected anything. They must stop peddling lies on behalf of us.”
Numsa also said workers had not rejected a 7% wage offer, adding: “We will be meeting with Eskom in the CBF to respond to the wage proposal.”
TimesLIVE