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Original Post Date: 2007-06-11 Time: 00:00:00 Posted By: Jan
Civil servants have lost more than R1-billion in salaries since the public service strike started on June 1, with teachers the biggest losers as South Africa counts the cost of the standoff between the government and its employees.
Patrick Craven, Congress of South African Trade Unions (Cosatu) spokesperson, said the costs of the eight-day strike would increase if the private sector followed suit.
“We are going again with the legal procedures to get permission for this action (but) the loss in wages by workers shows civil servants are willing to make huge sacrifices for what they believe in,” he said.
At least 80 percent of the country’s 360 000 teaching workforce was on strike, with teaching at a standstill at schools in every province.
Most teachers’ pay will be docked for every day they strike as part of the government’s “no work, no pay” policy.
The government would cut R691-million off its wage bill by not paying striking teachers, while also depriving the taxman of revenue.
Vuyelwa Vumendlini, chief director of remuneration policy in the public service, said it was difficult to quantify public sector losses because the outcomes were not measured by products sold, as in the private sector.
“We cannot say how much we are losing but there is no doubt health and education are suffering,” she said.
The government had set aside R13,7-billion for salaries, subject to negotiation at the bargaining council, for public servants.
The strike is the biggest since democracy and has surpassed department of labour statistics for the past two years.
Bill Lacey, South Africa Chamber of Business (Sacob) spokesperson, said strike action had damaged the economy, not only by disrupting education and public medical services.
“The call for the strike to be extended into the private sector is irresponsible,” he said.