BusinessLive reports that following protracted wage negotiations‚ the SA Municipal Workers’ Union (Samwu) and the SA Local Government Association (Salga) have finally agreed to a 7% salary increase for municipal workers.
"We fought hard to ensure that in the difficult economic and political climate we were negotiating in‚ our members could get the best possible deal‚" said Samwu general secretary Simon Mathe in a statement. The two parties have signed a three-year agreement that also provides for an additional 0.5% salary increment for employees earning below R9‚000; a 7% homeowner’s allowance; a non-pensionable allowance of R350 for employees earning less than R9‚000; and a maximum employer contribution towards medical aid that will increase by the same salary increment. "As these negotiations have been concluded‚ we will be going back to the drawing board to restrategise on how we will be approaching the next negotiations. We will first convene a bargaining conference‚ which will characterise the posture that shall be taken as we negotiate again‚" observed Mathe.
- Read this report by Nonkululeko Njilo in full at BusinessLive
- Read Samwu’s press statement at SA Labour News
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