Eskom strike

The Numsa and NUM unions have called on workers to 'normalise the situation' after they said Eskom had agreed to return to the bargaining table.

This, in some ways, has been the culmination of years of worker grievances at Eskom, which is in the throes of restructuring and attempting to undo the damage that has accumulated over the years. And regardless of what goes down on Friday, load shedding will be a fact of life for the foreseeable future. As a result of the strike, maintenance work has had to be postponed, and this backlog will take time to clear.” That is a transparent code to their members taking part in an illegal strike blamed for tipping the country into Stage 6 load shedding to return to work. The strike has not been officially sanctioned by the unions so it remains to be seen if those taking part in the protests will heed the call. We made a promise to you that we’ll never erect a paywall and we intend to keep that promise.

There have been high-level political interventions behind the scenes to end the violent labour strike.

UPDATED 29 June 2022 - 16:41 29 June 2022 - 13:36 Hajra Omarjee and Denene Erasmus As SA remains saddled with stage 4 and stage 6 load-shedding, high-level interventions are under way to ensure workers who have started to return after having embarked on an illegal and violent strike at Eskom will be satisfied with a revised wage offer expected to be tabled on Friday.

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Eskom said there was still a high level of absenteeism among its workforce due to a strike and that it could take weeks to clear a maintenance backlog.

“As a result of the unlawful strike, routine maintenance work has had to be postponed. “It is therefore important to note that the system will remain constrained and vulnerable to additional breakdowns while recovery activities are in progress.” This backlog will take days to weeks to clear,” Eskom said.

The unprotected strike at Eskom, blamed for plunging South Africa into the throes of Stage 6 load shedding, is juddering to a halt but is not completely ...

A breakthrough had come after Eskom and the union leaders met on Tuesday and agreed to resume wage talks on Friday at the Central Bargaining Forum. The strike is unlawful or unprotected because Eskom is an essential service and so has not been sanctioned by union leadership. But as Stage 6 load shedding further hastens the demise of Africa’s most industrialised economy, they cannot count on much in the way of public support. “We are facing challenges at Matla, Hendrina, Arnot and Lethabo power stations, where some workers are saying they cannot normalise the situation when there’s no wage agreement signed. Load shedding looks set to continue apace even as the majority of striking Eskom employees return to work. The unprotected strike at Eskom, blamed for plunging South Africa into the throes of Stage 6 load shedding, is juddering to a halt but is not completely over. We made a promise to you that we’ll never erect a paywall and we intend to keep that promise.

Fin24 reported that NUM and NUMSA members were against the proposal, based on a mass distributed letter from one branch.

After Eyewitness News revealed that the new wage offer that broke the unprotected strike at Eskom was 7 percent, Numsa and Num members at Matimba power station in Lephalale, Limpopo met Wednesday night to deliberate on the issue. Fin24 reported that the National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) and the National Union of Metalworkers of SA (NUMSA) members were against the proposal based on a mass distributed letter from one branch. Fin24 reported that NUM and NUMSA members were against the proposal, based on a mass distributed letter from one branch.