Public sector unions hope govt tables new wage offer in latest meeting Public sector trade unions and government representatives are meeting at the Public Service Coordinating Bargaining Council on Monday afternoon following a deadlock of this year’s public service wage negotiations over a week ago. FILE: Thousands of public servants march in the Pretoria CBD as they make their way to Union Buildings on 10 August 2010. Picture: EWN
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JOHANNESBURG - Public sector trade unions and government representatives are meeting at the Public Service Coordinating Bargaining Council on Monday afternoon.
Some have told
Eyewitness News of the stress that a strike would place on public servants, who just last month were angered by deductions from their salaries for taking part in last year’s one-day protests.
âFragile economy canât afford more strikesâ - analysts
By Siphelele Dludla
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THE LOOMING strike season over the impasse in the public sector wage negotiations could have the potential to derail South Africaâs expected economic recovery this year.
This week, analysts warned that strikes could override the gains made since the easing of lockdown restrictions and the vaccination rollout.
NFB Private Wealth Management managing director Andrew Duvenage said the strike season, with wage negotiations in full swing, could be the biggest risk to investor confidence and into this year s fragile economic recovery. The year was bringing other complexities that could be far worse than previous years.
Public sector unions vow to get better wages for their members
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Johannesburg - Public sector unions have unanimously demanded that the government give them a 4% salary increase across the board or face their wrath.
The unions tabled their demands at the Public Service Coordinating Bargaining Council on Monday. Included in their demand was an urgent call to the government to abolish levels 1 to 3 and allow all public servants to be employed on an entry level 4.
The unions are also demanding that the government increase the housing allowance to R2 500, saying the current amount of R1 300 was too little.
Mugwena Maluleke, who represents Cosatu affiliated unions at the Bargaining Council, was on Tuesday adamant that their demands were a “mutual interest” matter for the workers and the employer.