Pretoria News reports that cleaners affiliated to the SA Funeral, Catering, Retail and Allied Workers Union (Safcrawu) have brought their pleas to be insourced to the City of Tshwane's doorstep.

Convenor Isaac Malema said cleaners responsible for keeping municipal offices such as the Tshwane Call Centre and the council’s offices in Hammanskraal clean were calling on the City of Tshwane to do right by them and insource their services. Speaking outside Tshwane House following a brief protest by workers, Malema said they felt hard done by the fact that the city was willing to insource security workers, yet those responsible for keeping their offices clean were being left out in the cold. He said the main reason why workers were demanding to be insourced was because small companies subcontracted by the city were mistreating them and often delayed paying the salaries of workers. Malema claimed that since workers started in May 2020 their employment has been plagued by major challenges, including delayed payment for overtime work, lack of proper pay slips and no salary increases as per compliance with sectoral determination of contracts. The 32 workers involved called for the City to introduce a task team including organised labour to assist with the process and drafting terms of reference and insourcing agreements. Their memorandum was accepted by Tshwane MMC Dikeledi Selowa.

• Read the full original of the report in the above regard by Goitsemang Tlhabye at Pretoria News

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