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Johannesburg -
The Food and Allied Workers Union (Fawu) on Monday accepted a
wage increase offer from Amalgamated Beverage Industries, ending a
seven-week-long strike.
"We are most pleased that we have reached an agreement with Fawu
which ends the strike at ABI," the company's managing director John
Ustas said in a statement.
Strikers were expected to return to work on Wednesday.
Wages and benefits would increase by a total of 8.3 percent. The
minimum wage would go up to R7 235 a month, an across-the-board
increase of 7.8%.
ABI is the soft drinks division of SA Breweries
- Sapa