Monday, June 25, 2007

Splits emerge in S.Africa civil servant strike

(Reuters) - Cracks emerged in a crippling public sector strike on Monday after two unions representing some 160,000 members withdrew from one of the largest mass actions in post-apartheid South Africa.

The Health and Other Service Personnel Union (HOSPERSA) accused the powerful COSATU labour federation, which is spearheading the three-week protest, of pursuing a political agenda in the strike over pay.


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