South Africa

According to South African media reports on June 2 local time, South African national power company said on the same day that due to the failure of some facilities, the company will cut off the national power supply for maintenance before June 4. At the same time, it said that due to its inability to meet the 15% salary increase demand of the company's employees, a strike and power outage similar to that in 2018 may occur in South Africa in the future.

After the Trade Union asked the South African national power company to increase its employees' salary by 15%, the South African national power company responded that it could increase its employees' basic salary by 1.5%. The trade union of the company said that the 1.5% increase is far lower than the current inflation level of 4.4% in South Africa.

At present, there is a huge difference between the two demands and they are not willing to compromise. Therefore, the risk of industrial strike of South African national power company will increase rapidly in the future. In June 2018, employees of South African national power company asked for a 15% salary increase. After the breakdown of the salary increase negotiations, employees of South African national power company immediately went on strike, resulting in a nationwide blackout.

Source: CCTV news Author: Zhou Tao