Weekend Argus reports that Parliament could be heading for a repeat of the industrial action that gripped it late last year if matters outstanding from that strike are not resolved.
This is the view of the National Education Health and Allied Workers’ Union (Nehawu), which on Saturday said it was still hoping for an amicable solution. Last week, Parliament served Sthembiso Tembe, chairman of Nehawu’s parliamentary chapter, and another union official, with cautionary suspension notices on insubordination and misconduct charges. In response to the suspension notices, parliamentary workers briefly downed tools on Wednesday. If the matter was not sorted out, the union would refer it to its national leadership, which could decide whether to embark on legal industrial action. Nehawu represents more than 1,000 of the legislature’s 1,389 employees, making this the union’s largest branch in the Western Cape.
- Read this report by Zenzile Khoisan in full at Weekend Argus
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