The Telkom strike that has lasted nearly two months has finally come to an end.
The company and its worker union, the Communications Workers Union (CWU) finally came to an agreement after recent talks.
Telkom employees had been on strike since August 4.
“Telkom approached these talks with the hope and intention of finding a meaningful engagement with the CWU and made several proposals to the union. The parties could not find each other however,” Telkom spokesperson, Jacqui O’ Sullivan said after the first round of the talks that ended without resolution.
During the strike, O’ Sullivan said non-striking employees had been intimidated.
“The ongoing acts of intimidation by the CWU and the spike in sabotage were related to the industrial action. These were not random acts of vandalism or cable theft. These people knew where to go and what to do to wreak maximum damage. This was in-house,” she said then referring to Telkom service interruption that affected 13 200 last month.
Telkom even announced a R500 000 reward for information leading to the arrest and prosecution of the saboteurs.
Telkom employees went on strike after the company announced it wouldn’t pay bonuses, increase salaries, and would retrench to cut costs.
At the time, union president Clyde Mervin said: “Telkom refuses to give its employees a salary increase, but the CEO’s salary has increased from R12 million to R14.5 million per annum.”
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