More die as guard talks go on
2006-06-08 10:50
Johannesburg - Representatives of striking security guards and their employers will continue pay negotiations at the Commission for Conciliation Mediation and Arbitration (CCMA) on Thursday afternoon.
"They are meeting again this afternoon," said CCMA spokesperson Lusanda Myoli.
The SA Transport and Allied Workers Union and the Transport and Allied Workers Union of SA are holding out for an 11% increase after the other unions agreed to an average 8.3% increase over the next three years.
The strike began in March and has been marred by violence and attacks on guards defying the strike.
In the latest attacks the bodies of three security guards were found in the veld in Vlakfontein near Tsakane on Wednesday.
They were all shot in the head and their hands were tied with handcuffs and electric wires.
- SAPA