JOHANNESBURG, Aug 21 (Reuters) - South Africa's fuel-pump attendants and motor retail workers struck a deal with their employers for pay rises of up to 14.8 percent starting from September, their union said on Thursday.
The National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa (NUMSA) said in a statement it had made a one-year wage agreement with the Fuel Retailers Association and the Retail Motor Industry to award pay rises of 14.8 percent to rural pump attendants, and between eight and nine percent to their urban counterparts.
The statement added that component manufacturer workers would receive between nine and 9.5 percent rises, while car dealer workers would get nine percent across the board.
The deal is one of many recent wage agreements to exceed the upper limit of the government's three-to-six percent inflation target -- a factor that has irked the central bank, which is mandated with keeping prices in check.
Year-on-year consumer inflation was 6.4 percent in June, using the targeted CPIX measure.