On Monday, we reported on the strike Food and Allied Workers' Union (Fawu) members in South Africa had been carrying out, protesting Coca-Cola ABI's ongoing practice of eroding workers' conditions and benefits through labor-broking and the use of short-term contracts. Today, the seven week strike comes to an end! The Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU) recaps what led to the agreement:

Victory for our members and all workers was achieved after it was agreed that all workers will be paid on overtime basis for hours worked on weekends and public holidays.

The agreement between Coca-Cola Amalgamated Beverages Industries (ABI) and Famu comes on the heels of COSATU announcing support from SEIU. The new agreement stipulates that negotiations on the use of labor brokers and short-term workers must be worked out by the end of March 2010.

Moving forward, if ABI can't bargain in good faith with the nearly Coke workers, they are prepared to re-start an indefinite strike beginning in April 2010.