Numsa workers down tools on Tuesday in nationwide engineering strike
Workers in the metal and engineering sector, who have downed tools over pay, will march from King Dinizulu Park to City Hall in Durban on Tuesday.
The National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa (Numsa) members have been calling for an 8% salary increase and have rejected the 4.4% being offered to them.
The union's Phakamile Hlubi-Majola says they were left with no choice.
"The industry selfishly benefited from the sacrifice which workers made last year when a standstill agreement was signed and no increases were given in order to cushion the industry against the ravages of the Covid-19 virus."
eThekwini Metro Police spokesperson Zamaswazi Dlamini says a number of routes will be affected during the demonstration.
"The march will commence no later than 11 o'clock, so not later than 12:30 they'll be finished. Please, if the members of the public can avoid Pixley Kaseme, which used to be called West Street around those times."
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