Strike to affect world cup 2010 stadium construction

2010 FIFA World Cup stadium construction would be stopped if the payment dispute between construction workers and their employers is not adequately resolved. South Africa the biggest union, the National Union of Miners (NUM) “on Tuesday confirmed that its members in the construction sector strike over wages next week. Â? Strike was set to begin July 8, â? NUM spokesman said LESIBA Seshoka. Continued strike may lead to partial closure of the economy, and hardly foreign investors. Now the man said the strike, which is building a stadium for the 2010 World Cup in Durban stopped, could be extended to other projects of 2010, if their demands for more bonuses and safer working environment is not met Mon The union said that the construction of sect served? Employer Authority notice of strike pay in the long talks brokered by the Commission for Conciliation, Mediation and Arbitration collapsed on Friday.

The strike halted work on the infrastructure in the World Cup and the Gautrain high-speed mass transportation projects, power plants, ports, refineries, coal terminals, hospitals, roads and mining projects.

“It’s not just the World Cup stadiums that are affected, we are talking about power plants, hospitals, roads, and as it will last until the employers come to their senses and offer a 13 percent increase in salary for one year ..” LESIBA Seshoka, NUM spokesman.

Employers’ Organisation, said the courts should ask for a strike in support, said the agreement between the parties to block the unions striking before the end of August this year.

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