The National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa (NUMSA) has signed wage agreements with the retail motor and retail fuel industries, it said on Monday, averting a potential strike that could have affected motorists during the Christmas holidays.
The three-year agreements, signed with the Retail Motor Industry Organisation and the Fuel Retailers Association, will lift wages by between 7 percent and 10 percent. South African inflation currently stands at 6.1 per cent.
Workers who will be covered include fuel pump attendants, cashiers and employees in companies that sell and distribute automotive parts and services.
South Africa's unions have a reputation for militancy but several wage agreements have been reached this year without workers downing tools, including in a mining sector that has been shaken by violent labour unrest in recent years.
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