Johannesburg - Solidarity's 6 000 petroleum workers will join the countrywide fuel workers' strike on Thursday, the trade union said.
"Information that the executive directors of Sasol earned 81% more during the 2009/10 financial year than the previous year impelled Solidarity's members to join the strike," general secretary Dirk Hermann said in a statement.
"This is approximately 13 to 21 times the current inflation rate."
He said employers had been notified of the strike action.
Sasol [JSE:SOL] spokesperson Nothemba Noruwana was unable to comment and referred queries to the SA Petroleum Industry Association, who said it would release a statement shortly.
About 70 000 fuel workers from the Chemical, Energy, Paper, Printing, Wood, and Allied Workers Union (Ceppwawu), the Allied Workers Union, and the General Industries Workers Union of SA downed tools on Monday, demanding a minimum salary of R6 000 a month and a 40-hour working week.
"Information that the executive directors of Sasol earned 81% more during the 2009/10 financial year than the previous year impelled Solidarity's members to join the strike," general secretary Dirk Hermann said in a statement.
"This is approximately 13 to 21 times the current inflation rate."
He said employers had been notified of the strike action.
Sasol [JSE:SOL] spokesperson Nothemba Noruwana was unable to comment and referred queries to the SA Petroleum Industry Association, who said it would release a statement shortly.
About 70 000 fuel workers from the Chemical, Energy, Paper, Printing, Wood, and Allied Workers Union (Ceppwawu), the Allied Workers Union, and the General Industries Workers Union of SA downed tools on Monday, demanding a minimum salary of R6 000 a month and a 40-hour working week.