Striking South African airline workers returned to work this week and promised to pursue wage talks in a further sign of waning union militancy amid job fears that have eased the strike threat to Africa's biggest economy.
With the unemployment rate stuck at about 25 percent for years and poverty gripping millions, many South Africans have said they are more concerned with securing a pay cheque for themselves than heeding the strike calls of union bosses.
About 1,300 technical workers with transport union SATAWU were back at their posts with national carrier South African Airways, ending a walkout that started on August 26, a union official said on Tuesday.
The union had been seeking 12 percent wage increases, about double the inflation rate and double the employer's offer. SAA said the strike had almost no impact on its operations.
"We felt that we were doing injustice to our members by staying outside too long because the principle of 'no work, no pay' still applies," said SATAWU's Matthew Ramosi.
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