Pretoria News reports that workers affiliated to two unions protested on Tuesday at Tshwane House over the failure by the metro to adjust salaries, as well as over labour brokering.
There was a strong presence of SAPS officers and metro police in and outside the building and the protests disrupted traffic. Waste management workers under the umbrella of the SA Civic Servants Union, which is affiliated to the SA Federation of Trade Unions (Saftu), called for the eradication of labour brokering. The union gave the municipality a 14-day ultimatum to respond to its grievances, warning it was likely to intensify the protest in the absence of positive feedback. Meantime, fellow employees from the SA Municipal Workers’ Union (Samwu) protested against their employer’s reluctance to adjust their salaries in line with the categorisation of the City from level 9 to 10, which was declared by the Department of Co-operative Governance and Traditional Affairs in 2017. The categorization could not be implemented because the City and Samwu were still deadlocked on the implementation of salary adjustments. Samwu secretary Mpho Tladinyane said the union would mobilise its members to embark on another protest on Thursday during the monthly council sitting. He said the purpose of Tuesday’s protest had been to pressure the municipality to reconsider its position on the adjustment of salaries. The City blamed Samwu for refusing to endorse the implementation of salary adjustments. The union, on the other hand, criticised the city for excluding the majority of workers.
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