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Workers at South Africa's Shoprite to hold one-day strike on Friday

JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - Workers at South Africa’s Shoprite will go on a one-day strike on Dec. 22 to protest a change in working hours, their union said on Wednesday

A worker pushes trolleys at the Shoprite store in Johannesburg, South Africa February 23, 2016. REUTERS/Siphiwe Sibeko

About 30,000 workers will down tools during the strike, Mike Tau an official of the South African Commercial, Catering and Allied Workers Union said. Tau said a full-blown strike would follow if the company failed to change the working conditions.

Reporting by Zandi Shabalala; Editing by James Macharia

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