南非工会以罢工威胁政府增加薪酬

South African public sector¹ workers have told the government they will go on strike in seven days if their pay demands are not met.

南非国营部门工人已向其政府指出，如果他们增加薪酬的要求没有满足，将举行为期七日的罢工。

Transport workers won above-inflation pay rises earlier this year

The coalition²（联合，结合） of unions, representing as many as 900,000 people, has said it will walk out（罢工，走出） indefinitely.

The unions turned down an above-inflation offer last week.

During the World Cup last month transport and power supply worker unions won pay rises after threatening to strike during the tournament（比赛，联赛） .

This time unions representing most government employees, including police, doctors, nurses, teachers and office workers are involved.

Housing allowance

"We have now come to a firm conclusion that we go on strike," said Slovo Majola, a member of the negotiating team of the coalition of unions.

Last week the public sector workers' unions turned down an above-inflation 6.5% wage increase.

They are demanding an 8.6% increase and a monthly housing allowance of 1,000 rand ($130; £83).

Their demands are almost twice the annual rate of inflation, which slowed to 4.2% in June it was reported.

Workers at state power utility Eskom won a 9% pay rise during the World Cup.

Transport sector workers won a similar settlement in May after a three-month strike cost nearly $1bn (£640m) in lost revenue（税收，收益） .