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JOHANNESBURG, South Africa (AP) - Public sector unions representing 1 million members called off a nearly monthlong strike Thursday, bringing an end to a labor action that shut down schools and crippled hospitals across the country.
A majority of the unions agreed to sign the government's final offer including a 7.5 percent wage increase. The rest will return to work while negotiations continue, the unions said in a statement released after talks Wednesday night.
The unions originally had demanded 12 percent to the government's initial 6.5 percent wage increase offer.
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