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Fin24 reports that SA's biggest grain processing and logistics companies and the Food and Allied Workers Union (Fawu) representing workers have reached a wage agreement, averting a strike.
The pact, signed on Thursday, means that workers will get a wage increase of between 6% to 8% from companies, including Senwes, NWK, OWK and Suidwes. Workers were seeking above-inflation increases. Demands included an increase of at least R500 a month and a minimum wage of at least R4,500. Other requests included an extra month of pay annually, performance bonuses and a housing allowance of R850.
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