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Johannesburg - NUM shop stewards will meet in Johannesburg on Tuesday to discuss the 7% wage increase offered by Eskom, the union said on Sunday.
"The meeting is meant to provide feedback from across Eskom operations on the acceptability or unacceptability of the 7% Eskom offer as well as to map a way forward," National Union of Mineworkers energy sector co-ordinator Job Matsepe said in a statement.
The NUM wanted a 14% wage increase, a higher housing allowance and deferred bonuses and company shares - to which the board of directors was entitled - be extended to ordinary workers.
Eskom offered workers a 7% increase after the NUM rejected a 5.5% increase last month.
Eskom was still hopeful of reaching a settlement, spokesperson Hillary Joffe said on Sunday.
"That 7% is the offer we have made... However, we are willing to entertain further negotiations," she said.
"The meeting is meant to provide feedback from across Eskom operations on the acceptability or unacceptability of the 7% Eskom offer as well as to map a way forward," National Union of Mineworkers energy sector co-ordinator Job Matsepe said in a statement.
The NUM wanted a 14% wage increase, a higher housing allowance and deferred bonuses and company shares - to which the board of directors was entitled - be extended to ordinary workers.
Eskom offered workers a 7% increase after the NUM rejected a 5.5% increase last month.
Eskom was still hopeful of reaching a settlement, spokesperson Hillary Joffe said on Sunday.
"That 7% is the offer we have made... However, we are willing to entertain further negotiations," she said.
