source: IOL
July 03 2008 at 09:29AM
By Matthew Von Abo
Work has still not resumed at Mpumalanga’s 2010 World Cup stadium after workers downed tools in a wage protest.
The workers picketing the Mbombela Stadium site outside Nelspruit include 500 dismissed last Monday, after appealing directly to President Thabo Mbeki to intervene when he visited the site.
The Mbombela Stadium Joint Venture fired the workers for an unprotected strike in defiance of earlier agreements.
They responded by rioting, burning a tipper truck, security guards’ motorcycles and a security office. Police have maintained tight security.
“Negotiations are still taking place… until a settlement is reached and the parties find each other,” said [continue reading]
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