Fin24 reports that members of the National Education, Health and Allied Workers’ Union (Nehawu) will be pressing ahead with a strike at the South African Revenue Service (SARS) on Thursday, the union said in a statement on Tuesday.  

This followed a meeting with SARS, where talks between Nehawu and the tax agency failed to break a deadlock.  SARS will now have to brace for strike action from a 4,036-strong union.  Nehawu’s demands include a salary increase of 11.4%, as well as recognition of improved qualifications in the form of a 1% increase and a 10% bonus.  The union’s statement indicated:  "After extensive deliberations the meeting took a decision to forge ahead with the strike as planned.  As Nehawu, we are happy with the level of readiness for the strike and we are confident that come March 28, 2019 all our members will be at the picket lines as a last resort to force the employer to accede to our demands."

• Read the full original of Khulekani Magubane’s report in the above regard at Fin24
• Read Nehawu’s press statement at Cosatu News

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