The Food and Allied Workers' Union (Fawu) said on Tuesday it was pleased the strike at ABI was over but it would continue lobbying against labour brokers.

"We remain convinced that the plight of workers on the registrar of labour brokers and working for owner-driver delivery trucks is firmly on the agenda as a result of the strike and will be adequately addressed," Fawu spokesman Katishi Masemola said.

The union would also picket to have Coke, one of ABI's products, removed as a Fifa World Cup sponsor if these demands were not met.

Meanwhile, Masemola planned a roadshow for Tuesday to inform workers of the settlement agreement between lawyers and the union on Monday.

According to the agreement, wages and benefits would increase by 8.3 percent. The minimum wage would go up to R7235 a month, an across-the-board increase of 7.8 percent.

The strike by about 2700 employees, for a 9.5 percent salary increase, started on December 22.

"Permanent casuals"

Masemola explained they were opposed to labour brokers because over 1000 people working for the company were considered "permanent casuals" and, he said, many had been in this position for years.

They also had to pay a portion of their salaries to the labour brokers, he said.

The union still had to decide how it would conduct its campaign to have Coke removed as a sponsor but, said Masemola, it would probably involve picketing.