News24 reports that employees of the Department of Correctional Services have finally won a protracted battle to have their salaries increased.  

On Monday, the Police and Prisons Civil Rights Union (Popcru) said the department had finally agreed to implement the second phase of the occupation specific dispensation (OSD) for correctional officials.  The agreement was reached in 2009, but the department has until now failed to implement the pay increases affecting more than 22,000 employees.  Low-level employees who have been with the department for long periods but without being promoted stand to benefit the most from the increment.  Salaries will be upgraded and payments backdated to April 2010.  Popcru has blamed unstable leadership within the department for failure to implement the seven-year agreement that saw members threaten to go on strike.

• Read this report by Mahlatse Gallens in full at News24
• Read Popcru’s press statement in this regard at Cosatu Today

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