Monday, July 2, 2007

S.African biggest gold firms offer 6 pct wage hike

(Reuters) - The three biggest gold firms in South Africa, the world's biggest producer of the precious metal, offered workers a 6 percent wage hike on Monday, a union official said.

Unions declared a dispute, the first legal step towards going on strike, on June 20 after mining firms failed to present an offer on the first day of formal negotiations, but later agreed to return to talks.


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