Samwu 'torn' on strike

28 July 2015 - 02:01
By Penwell Dlamini and Kingdom Mabuza

Leaders of the SA Municipal Workers' Union are between a rock and a hard place. Workers on the ground are pushing for an all-out strike to force employers to yield to their wage demand, but union leaders are said to be under pressure to avoid this.Samwu insiders said the leadership had considered the disastrous political implications of a strike.

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