COSATU applauds NUM’s salary settlement with Eskom [SOUND]

# COSATU has congratulated its affiliate, the National Union of Mineworkers, on reaching a multi-year salary agreement with Eskom. NUM signed a three-year, seven-percent salary hike for workers at the state-owned utility. COSATU’s spokesperson, Zanele Sabela says the agreement is set to come into effect on 1 July. She adds that trade union, Solidarity, also signed the agreement, but the National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa declined to sign and declared a dispute instead: