The SA Municipal Workers’ Union says the recently concluded salary agreement for workers across the country’s 257 municipalities has secured an increment related to inflation in year two and three of the agreement.
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"The fact that Salga continues to draw a line in the negotiations, insisting on a below-inflation increase and a total freeze on workers' benefits, is indication that parties in the bargaining council are far apart from each other," says Samwu.
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Johannesburg bus service Metrobus has been crippled by strike action this week.
Union Demawusa is demanding an 18% wage increase, a 14th cheque and that dismissed employees be reinstated.
City of Joburg said the industrial action was being perpetrated by a stark minority.
As the Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality s passenger bus service Metrobus crawls through a week of strike action that has left its operation completely suspended since Wednesday, the operator accused a union it does not recognise of anarchy while the union cries suppression.
The Democratic Municipal and Allied Workers Union of SA (Demawusa) embarked on a strike at the beginning of the week. Demawusa is demanding an 18% wage increase, a 14th cheque, a transport allowance, fair pay variations, and that dismissed employees be reinstated.
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The SA Municipal Workers Union plans to go on strike at Rand Water as from 13 May due to a dispute regarding the payment of incentive bonuses.
Rand Water says unions are aware that employees providing essential services will not be allowed to strike.
A union representative, however, warns that the absence of non-essential workers could still end up impacting service delivery.
Rand Water has given assurance that it s highly unlikely water supply will be impacted if the South African Municipal Workers Union (Samwu) goes on a protected strike – but a union representative says it s a case of wait and see .