"We felt that having pushed the employers to the table, to go back to members and say the strike has been two weeks and we feel the continued strike might have some negative consequences," said Numsa general secretary Irvin Jim.
Petrol attendants will receive an increase of 10 percent this year and nine percent in the next two years.
Component manufacturers will receive a 10 percent increase this year and eight percent in the next two years.
Workers in other parts of the industry, such as panel-beaters, will receive a nine percent increase this year, an eight percent increase next year and a seven percent increase in the third year.
Jim said that in agreeing to a three-year agreement, the union had 'secured' itself.
"We have instructed that if CPI [Consumer Price Index] goes above [the wage increase] to 10 percent we will get 10 percent. We will get whatever is greater," said Jim.
The wage agreement was passed by Numsa structures in eight of the nine provinces.
Jim acknowledged that the union had not achieved everything it had set out to do.
"We must be honest with our members, that we have not been able to secure the rest of the package," he said.
This included such issues as labour brokers and maternity leave.
However, Jim said the union had secured a commitment that these issues would be tacked in the coming years.
Numsa initially demanded a wage increase of 20 percent.
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