SAMWU is delaying a new deal for firefighters
By JP Smith
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The current Fire Services agreement, which regulates pay and working conditions is not a ‘pre-1994 agreement’, a falsehood, which SAMWU uses to delegitimise the current lawful agreement which the union has in fact signed and supported several times over the years.
A March 2020 Labour Court ruling affirms that the current collective agreement is valid until a new one is agreed to by parties to the bargaining council.
The court further confirmed that all parties, including SAMWU, had unanimously extended a 2007 collective agreement in 2010, and again in 2014.
In 2018, all parties entered into voluntary arbitration on new working conditions, for which independent recommendations were made.
Salga has proposed a 2.8% increase, but Samwu says this is an insult.
According to Salga, municipalities have been the hardest hit by the pandemic.
The union says that its demands remain.
The South African Local Government Association (Salga) has proposed a 2.8% salary increase for 2021 at the SA Local Government Bargaining Council (SALGBC).
The South African Municipal Workers Union (Samwu), however, has called this an insult. In the meeting, Salga presented a salary and wage proposal of R233 increase for the country s municipal workers. The offer by Salga comes as a spit in the faces of municipal workers who have carried the country throughout the pandemic and continued ensuring that the delivery of quality services is not disrupted or interrupted despite workers facing the greater risk of contracting Covid-19 in the workplace, Samwu general secretary Dumisane Magagula said in a statement on Wednesday.
Union sees red over meagre pay hike
By Vernon Mchunu
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DURBAN - THE proposed 2.8% salary hike put on the table by the municipal employer body was a major blow and an insult to low-earning workers, the South African Municipal Workers Union (Samwu) has charged.
Representing the country’s 257 municipalities, the South African Local Government Association (Salga) announced its offer as the wage negotiations were continuing at the SA Local Government Bargaining Council (SALGBC).
“Key to the elements of Salga’s proposal is an across-the-board salary increase of 2.8% for Year 1 (2021/ 2022 financial year), which is 1.5% below the projected CPI (Consumer Price Index) and a total freeze of increases on all benefits that are linked to salary increases,” Salga stated. It added that the proposal was made with the consideration that the local government sector had been one of the hardest hit by the effects of the Covid-19 pandemic.
Salga wants a 2.8% salary increase for municipalities across SA
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Cape Town - The South African Local Government Association (Salga) has proposed a 2.8% salary increase for the 2021 salary and wage negotiations at the SA Local Government Bargaining Council (SALGBC).
The proposal comes against the backdrop of the national government’s intention to offer 0% to national and provincial government workers.
Last week representatives from different public sector unions warned that a strike is likely unless the government concedes to their wage demands that they have tabled in the bargaining council for the year.
Salga argues that municipalities are facing severe financial constraints as national government transfers have been cut and local taxpayer arrears rise.
Salga proposes 2.8% wage increase for 2021
By BR Reporter
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The South African Local Government Association (Salga) has proposed a 2.8% salary increase for the 2021 Salary and Wage negotiations at the SA Local Government Bargaining Council.
Salga said its proposal, an across-the-board increase of 2.8% for Year 1 (2021/2022 financial year), was 1.5% below the projected CPI and a total freeze of increases on all benefits that were linked to salary increases.
“Considering that the municipalities sector has been one of the hardest hit by the Covid-19 pandemic, these negotiations represent a critical point in efforts to save municipalities from complete financial collapse,” it said.
The group also proposed a three-year salary and wage collective agreement to continue to maintain stability in the local government sector, as well as support the sectors’ sustainability requirements and objectives.