BusinessLive reports that the ANC in the greater Tshwane region has thrown its weight behind the crippling strike action by SA Municipal Workers’ Union (Samwu) members in Pretoria.
The party’s regional secretary Eugene Modise said they supported Samwu for being “proactive” in engaging the City of Tshwane to resolve the wage impasse. The city’s employees are demanding that the 18% wage increases that senior managers recently received be extended to lower level workers too. Municipal workers are also unhappy with the council’s decision to allow city manager Moeketsi Mosola to receive a R7.5m payout to step down at the end of July. On Tuesday, Modise said the governing party had full confidence in Samwu to represent workers to find a solution to the impasse. Samwu is an affiliate of union federation Cosatu, an alliance partner of the ANC. The party’s regional communications manager Tlangi Mogale said they would meet with municipal workers with a view to breaking the deadlock between Samwu and the metro.
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