The PSA filed a dispute with the employer last month and the conciliation hearing was held on Thursday, but parties could not agree on certain aspects including jurisdiction.
The association which represents labour federations is now in the process of declaring a dispute after numerous attempts to find each other, with the employer, failed.
Public servants union threaten national strike over salary increases Updated
Steve Bhengu
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A national strike could bring government services to a standstill as soon as Friday - should the union representing government workers and the employer fail to agree on a wage adjustment.
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The Public Servants Association (PSA) is demanding a salary increase of more than 7 percent for its around 235 000 members.
Government says it s sticking to its plan to freeze the salaries of public servants in a bid to bring the wage bill under control.
The PSA s Claude Naicker says they ve given the employer until the end of the week to come back to them.
Mogajane: Govt wants to avoid public servant salary cuts at all costs National Treasury Director-General Dondo Mogajane said that the economy had to grow and freezing public servants wages was not enough. FILE: Treasury Director-General Dondo Mogajane at an inter-ministerial briefing on the coronavirus on 24 March 2020. Picture: @TreasuryRSA/Twitter.
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JOHANNESBURG - National Treasury Director-General Dondo Mogajane said that government wanted to avoid slashing public servants salaries at all costs.
Mogajane said that the country s budget was a fine balancing act and the big question was whether the public wage bill was sustainable.
Government is forging ahead with its intention to cut the public sector wage bill. During his Budget speech on Wednesday, Finance Minister Tito Mboweni said that he hoped to freeze the wage bill in the next three years.