IOL News reports that the National Education Health and Allied Workers’ Union (Nehawu) is threatening to strike against the Limpopo government over a number of long-standing issues.  

It said on Tuesday:  “Many promises have been made by government on several occasions, but they are never fulfilled.  Nehawu has thus issued an ultimatum to government in particular the premier’s office to resolve all these challenges with immediate effect.”  The union’s demands include resolving challenges around the training of nurses, the re-employment of outsourced security services, laundries and kitchens, the finalisation of the parking bay policy, and the scrapping of unfair housing rental fees.  The union is also “furious” at the introduction of the Limpopo Personnel Management Framework.  It plans on starting with lunchtime picketing and marches, which will see employees working according to their job description.  The dispute may eventually result in the shutdown of the public service.

• Read this report by Zintle Mahlati in full at IOL News
• Read Nehawu’s press statement at Cosatu Today

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