S.Africa Public Sector Unions Strike Over Wages
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Thousands of civil servants marched in cities across South Africa Thursday in a one-day strike over wages seen as a test of will between the ruling African National Congress (ANC) and its labor allies.
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South African public sector unions suspend this week's strikes while members consider a new pay offer.
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The UK's biggest civil service union is to ballot members on strikes in protest at government pension review plans.
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Johannesburg - Public sector unions will on Monday start consulting with their members on whether to accept or reject the latest 6.2% wage increase offer by government.
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French postal workers kicked off three days of strikes in the public sector Tuesday, as unions mount a challenge to the cautious liberalisation policies of President Jacques Chirac's centre-right government.
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French teachers went on strike on Thursday, the third day of public sector protests over pay, reforms and job cuts that have sent a sharp warning to President Jacques Chirac's conservative government.
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Defying tough warnings from the authorities, illegally unionized government employees went on an indefinite strike yesterday to protest the government&#39;s policy toward civil servants&#39; labor rights.
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Unions and government officials are meeting in South Africa on Friday in an attempt to thrash out a pay deal to avert a new wave of strikes next week.
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South Africa&#39;s two-week-old public sector strike should have been avoided and is damaging the country&#39;s image abroad, the deputy leader of the governing ANC said Thursday.
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Talks between the South African government and representatives of public sector workers aimed at averting a strike later this week failed on Wednesday, a union spokesman said.
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Israeli unions began a nationwide  strike on Tuesday expected to affect about 400,000 public  sector workers and severely hamper international travel.
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South African civil servants staged an indefinite nationwide strike over pay on Friday, causing turmoil in hospitals and emptying classrooms in a mass action the government fears could hurt the economy.
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Thousands of civil servants marched in  cities across South Africa Thursday in a one-day strike over  wages seen as a test of will between the ruling African  National Congress (ANC) and its labor allies.
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Â· Warders ignore ruling that strike is illegalÂ· More public sector pay rows predicted
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Thousands of South African public sector workers go on strike for a second Friday demanding a 12% pay rise.
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Â· Unanimous backing for action on public sector pay  Â· Postal workers announce new wave of disruption
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South Africaâs public-service unions, leading a nationwide strike, accuse President Thabo Mbeki of betraying the nationâs vast lower class.