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Cape Town - Metal and engineering industry unions have rejected an offer employer's put on the table on Tuesday afternoon, said Solidarity.
Solidarity spokesperson Jaco Kleynhans said that after unions rejected the increased offer, employers held their own caucus meeting.
Unions and employers were expected to meet back at the negotiation table on Tuesday evening.
It remained a "strong possibility" the strike could be resolved "within the next day", said Kleynhans.
Unions and the Steel and Engineering Industry Federation of South Africa (Seifsa) have been negotiating in Johannesburg since 10:00 on Tuesday.
Earlier in the day, Seifsa spokesperson Dave Carson was "reasonably confident" the strike could be resolved on Tuesday.
At that stage Seifsa said a movement upward from its offer of a 7.5% to 8.5% increase might be expected on Tuesday.
On Monday, Numsa, Solidarity, the Chemical, Energy, Paper, Printing, Wood and Allied Workers' Union, the Metal and Electrical Workers' Union of SA, the Mineworkers Union, and the SA Equity Workers Association all embarked on strike action following a breakdown in wage negotiations last weekend.