Africa's NUMSA Rejects Pay Offer, Strike Continues

South Africa's NUMSA engineering and metalworkers union rejected a 10 percent pay offer from employers on Sunday and called on its 220,000 striking members in the sector to intensify nearly two weeks of industrial action. "We are making a very clear statement that the strike continues and we call on our members to intensify the strike," South Africa's largest union said in a statement. Employers have offered a 10 percent increase this year, 9.5 percent in 2015 and 9.0...

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