BDLive reports that the Influential Information and Communication Union of SA (IICUOSA) said on Wednesday it would embark on a programme of action from next week, in protest against outsourcing at the SA Post Office (Sapo).  

Sapo has previously signed a variety of agreements to end outsourcing, but the union said it was failing to implement agreements concluded in 2014 to convert staff from casual into permanent employment.  The union also said it understood that retrenchments were in the offing, although on Monday Sapo denied this, saying only voluntary severance and early retirement would be considered.  The union is due to march on the Department of Labour in Pretoria on Monday to demand, among other things, an immediate end to outsourcing.  Meantime, the Communication Workers Union (CWU) dismissed IICUOSA's claims, saying there was no outsourcing at Sapo and that the CWU was close to reaching agreement on a number of substantive issues.

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