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News24 reports that according to eThekwini municipality spokesperson Msawakhe Mayisela, the two-week strike by the metro’s workers which brought the Durban CBD to a standstill last week has been resolved.
Violent protests ripped throughout the city after municipal workers went on strike, demanding salary increases. This came after workers discovered that the city was giving MK veterans preferential treatment in terms of promotions and salary increases. Seemingly, the impasse between the metro and the SA Municipal Workers’ Union (Samwu) and the Independent Municipal and Allied Trade Union (Imatu) has been "resolved amicably". Mayisela indicated in a statement: "It is good news that as from today [May 7], employees will go back to work and all the working equipment and tools of trade will be released, this includes the vehicles that have been impounded. Parties have overwhelmingly agreed that the disciplinary process must immediately ensue and perpetrators (of violence) be brought to book without fear or favour." Noting that the council had committed to improving the conditions of employees in lower levels, especially those in Grade 3 and Grade 4, Mayisela said all parties had agreed to opening up discussion on all issues affecting employees at the workplace with a view to prioritising and addressing them.
- Read the full original of Kamva Somdyala’s report on the resolution of the strike at News24
- Read too, Durban waste and water strike is finally over, KZN premier confirms, at TimesLIVE
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