TMG Digital reports that the National Education Health & Allied Workers’ Union (Nehawu) on Tuesday announced that it was preparing for a full-blown protected strike at the University of South Africa (Unisa) after negotiations over wage increases deadlocked.
The union initial demand was for a 14% salary increment across the board from November 2016, plus the implementation of the Labour Relations Amendments (LRA) to temporary workers. This was declined by the university management which offered 6%. During the CCMA facilitation process, the university apparently reduced its initial offer to 4.5%. The union said the reduced offer had angered members and workers in general “to a point of agitating them to accelerate and intensify the picketing lines which started yesterday (Monday) as a building up towards a full-blown strike as a form of highlighting their dissatisfaction against this ridiculous offer by the management”. The union said it has been permitted to strike from Thursday and that further details about the strike action would be communicated timeously.
- Read this report in full at TimesLive
- See too, Nehawu announces strike at Unisa over failed wage negotiations, at EWN
- And also, Unisa students turned away at registration due to staff go-slow, at IOL News
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