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Graeme Hosken of the Durban, South Africa Daily News<\/em> reports. Excerpt: <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The three-day strike by Fidelity Cash Management Services employees ended on Tuesday when workers and management agreed to sit down and talk about their disputes.<\/p>

Fidelity Cash Management Services employees went on strike on Saturday to protest about the compulsory polygraph test which workers are required to take in the event of an armed robbery.<\/p>

Strikers were demanding that the polygraph tests, which have been conducted for eight years, be ended immediately.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Graeme Hosken of the Durban, South Africa Daily News reports. Excerpt: The three-day strike by Fidelity Cash Management Services employees ended on Tuesday when workers and management agreed to sit down and talk about their disputes. 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