South Africa’s (SA) National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) has kicked off wage negotiations at Eskom with a 15% salary demand for its members.
Other demands include a housing benefit and the company’s medical aid contribution of 80%.
The current 7% multi-year agreement ends in April 2026.
The union has signalled that talks could be complicated by Eskom’s changes to collective bargaining after the entity was unbundled into three divisions.
Eskom has proposed that the three entities establish their own union recognition agreements.
The NUM says the move goes against collective bargaining and will frustrate wage talks at Eskom.
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