Reported from: http://www.fin24.com/Economy/Massive-municipal-strike-planned-20110509
Johannesburg – Members of SA Municipal Workers Unions (Samwu) will embark on a national strike on Friday following a deadlock on wage negotiations among other issues, The New Age newspaper reported on Monday.
Samwu that has 220 000 members working for municipalities across the country, said its members would strike to force government to meet its demands.
Workers are demanding an 18% wage increase.
They will down tools on Friday, five days before the local government elections.
They are also demanding that President Jacob Zuma not sign into law the Municipal Amendment Bill. The bill is intended to depoliticise municipalities and ensure that they appoint skilled people.
It also demands that Zuma fire Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs Minister Sicelo Shiceka and that provincial governments be scrapped