{"id":33717,"date":"2015-09-02T16:32:28","date_gmt":"2015-09-02T14:32:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mobserver.co.za\/?p=33717"},"modified":"2015-09-02T16:33:32","modified_gmt":"2015-09-02T14:33:32","slug":"samwu-workers-strike","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/news-headlines\/2015\/09\/02\/samwu-workers-strike\/","title":{"rendered":"SAMWU workers strike!"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-33717 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/news-headlines\/2015\/09\/02\/samwu-workers-strike\/attachment\/img_9795-ll-zn\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"270\" height=\"203\" src=\"https:\/\/dwu32cgxelq1c.cloudfront.net\/local_newspapers\/sites\/92\/2015\/09\/IMG_9795-LL-ZN-270x203.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" 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