Spokesperson Pheane Ramoadi said the revised offer came after Telkom met with the union late on Thursday evening in a bid to end an ongoing strike by its workers.<\/p>\n
Ramoadi said the union would now also consider cancelling a planned march in Pretoria for next Tuesday.<\/p>\n
He added that the final decision to cancel next Tuesday’s march would be made after CWU had discussed the new offer with its members.<\/p>\n
He said before Telkom decided to meet with CWU, workers had reverted to demanding a 13% wage increase and the adjustment of “racially classified” salary grades.<\/p>\n
Workers had initially demanded a 13% increase but they settled for 7.5% if Telkom first altered salary scales.<\/p>\n
Ramoadi had previously said that white employees dominated higher salary scales, while those on lower scales were black.<\/p>\n
Ramoadi had also said if the offer was acceptable the workers would go back to work, otherwise the strike would continue.<\/p>\n
On the Tuesday of August 4 the union gave Telkom three days to respond to its demands.<\/p>\n