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EWN reports that the SA Municipal Workers’ Union (Samwu) has cancelled its planned strike on Thursday at Rand Water. This came after the water supplier obtained a Labour Court order to prevent the union from taking industrial action.
Samwu and Rand Water have been at loggerheads over performance incentive bonuses. The utility, which supplies water to Gauteng and other provinces, had issued a circular last month informing employees of the removal of incentive bonuses for employees. The union's deputy provincial secretary, Mamorena Madisha, said that the union intended to appeal the decision. “We are not giving up on this matter of our incentive bonuses,” she indicated. Meanwhile, Rand Water's Teboho Joala said that they had been vindicated by the court: “Our contention on the matter is, while we respect the rights of the workers to strike, you can’t strike over a matter that’s not part of the conditions of service.”
- Read the original of the short report in the above regard by Dominic Majola at EWN
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