Unionized workers are set to join striking public servants in South Africa on Wednesday in a sympathy protest that threatens to bring Africa's economic powerhouse to a standstill.Tens of thousands of municipal workers from garbage collectors to licensing department clerks, and others, are expected to boycott work to participate in marches and protests in Johannesburg, Cape Town and other major cities.
The Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU), which represents the bulk of government workers who walked off the job last week, has called the strike to press the government into meeting its demands for a 10 percent wage hike for public sector workers.
It predicted a huge turnout that would show labor's resolve in its showdown with President Thabo Mbeki's government.
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