Unions agreed that the strike would have been illegal, as electricity is considered an essential service under South African law."We think that it is a very serious offer, and ask our members to seriously review it," said Irvin Jim, general secretary for ****lworkers' union."We are not in a position to support an illegal strike by workers," he added. "We therefore urge our members... not to engage in any unprotected strike action."The strike by up to 30,000 Eskom employees would have embarrassed the country and could have affected television coverage of the World Cup semi-finals.The unions had been outraged by Eskom's decision to spend some 12 million rand on tickets for the World Cup, which were made available to company executives and their families.????? rmt???????? RMTRMT????? RMTRMT
