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Pretoria News reports that municipal workers in the Speaker's office in Tshwane are vehemently opposed to the idea of moving to Tshwane House, which is the city's new headquarters, because the building won't afford them enough privacy.
Unlike their old closed offices partitioned by brick walls, their new offices are partitioned with glass. Unhappy employees affiliated to the SA Municipal Workers’ Union (Samwu) on Tuesday engaged in an hour lunch break picket outside their offices. Open space offices, they complained, carried the potential to infringe on their privacy. They also griped about the prohibition on eating or drinking inside the new offices and claimed that the impressive Tshwane House did not comply with the occupation health safety standards. Their shop steward said workers were disgruntled because they were not consulted before a decision to move them was made. They have vowed not to vacate their old offices until the city has the addressed their complaints.
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