[Oh how cool! Let them! In fact, the less they work, the better for the rest of us – because all they do is damage and ruin this country by implementing their socialism and the racist laws and rules from our Govt. I wish they would strike all year round – and then you’ll see how wonderful this country will be. It will probably function a lot better!
Jan]

Johannesburg – The South African Municipal Workers Union (Samwu) has threatened to launch strike action if Wednesday’s talks between the union and the SA Local Government Association (Salga) over annual pay increases ended in deadlock.

“We couldn’t reach any agreement with Salga during our previous talks and this is a last-ditch attempt to prevent the municipal workers from striking,” said Samwu spokesperson Cheche Selepe.

He said if Salga failed to agree to union demands, the union would have no choice but to call for a strike involving the union’s 230 000 municipal workers.

“We demand a 12% annual increase across the board. We want the minimum wage to stay at R3 200.”

Selepe said the union entered talks this year demanding a 15% across the board increase and for a minimum wage of R3 500 but have revised its demands to secure a settlement.

Selepe said a conciliator would ask for a 7.5% increase if Salga did not agree to 12% across the board.

“This is only because in terms of national law, the local government shouldn’t go beyond 5.5% increases this year because of budget constraints,” he said.

The union embarked on nationwide protest action in April this year when an agreement could not be reached.

Salga could not be reached for comment ahead of the talks on Wednesday.

Source: Finance24.com
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