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Fin24 reports that ahead of a possible public sector strike as early as this week, Public Service and Administration Minister Senzo Mchunu has urged unions to consider a new offer.
The new offer will increase wages by 1.5% and includes a monthly R1,000 cash allowance. For the lowest-paid public servants (level 1 workers), this will mean an 11.7% pay adjustment, the Public Service Coordinating Bargaining Council (PSCBC) has indicated. Last week, unions affiliated with Cosatu tabled a demand of a 2% salary adjustment and a R1,500 monthly gratuity. But Mugwena Maluleke, general secretary of the SA Democratic Teachers' Union (Sadtu) and spokesperson for the Cosatu-affiliated unions involved in the negotiations, said the union had so far received "positive responses" to the new offer from its membership. He said it was encouraging that government had moved from an offer that would have meant no wage hike whatsoever, to the current offer. The Public Servants Association (PSA) is currently waiting for the results of its ballot, which could trigger a strike by more than 225,000 public servants throughout the country. The union left the bargaining council weeks ago and declared a dispute with government. PSA spokesperson Reuben Maleka said while the union had not been formally notified of the latest offer, it expected to get more clarity on it during the PSCBC’s meeting scheduled for Tuesday. He indicated that there was a possible return to the negotiations.
- Read the full original of the report in the above regard by Sibongile Khumalo and Khulekani Magubane at Fin24
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