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BusinessLive reports that employees at the SA Revenue Service (SARS) are expected to continue with their wage strike on Monday, which will coincide with the release of the preliminary results of revenue collection for 2018/2019.
The strike has affected the tax agency’s contact centres, walk-in branches and to some extent on ports of entry into SA. The industrial action started on Thursday as a result of a deadlock in wage negotiations between SARS and the National Education, Health and Allied Workers’ Union (Nehawu) and the Public Servants Association (PSA). The unions collectively represent almost 10,000 employees who fall under the SARS bargaining council. The significant issue in the deadlock relates to the period in respect of which the wage increases are being negotiated. Unions are pushing for a single term increase to allow for new negotiations in 2020. The agency’s offer last week for an 8% increase in a multi-term agreement was rejected. The unions are demanding, among other benefits, an 11.4% increase for a one-year term, but would apparently be willing to take an 8% offer for that period to members. Nehawu said on Sunday that a decision had been taken to continue with the strike and added that the union “will from here on intensify the strike to ensure our members and workers’ demands are met by the employer.” It was unclear on Sunday whether the PSA would embark on strike action with Nehawu on Monday.
- Read the full original of Claudi Mailovich’s report on the strike at BusinessLive
- Read too, SARS, unions still locked in talks amid workers' strike, at EWN
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