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EWN reports that the National Education, Health and Allied Workers’ Union (Nehawu) on Tuesday said it was ready to go ahead with plans to go on a full-blown strike at the SA Revenue Services (Sars).
The union held a press briefing in Kibler Park, in the south of Johannesburg, on Tuesday to lay out its plans for the strike, which is planned to start on 25 May following a deadlock in wage negotiations. General secretary Zola Saphetha said they strongly believed Sars could meet workers' demand of a 12% increase and saw the employer’s 0% offer as an attack on workers amidst the dire economic situation. “We strongly believe that the employer can meet our demands as Sars managed to collect R1.56 trillion in revenue for the 2021/22 financial year, representing a 25% year-on-year increase on the R1.25 trillion collected in 2020/21,” Saphetha pointed out. He indicated that workers would begin with build-up activities from next Monday by staging lunch time pickets, adding that the aim of the demonstration was to disrupt all services.
- Read the original of the short report in the above regard by Masechaba Sefularo at EWN
- Read too, Sars mum on Nehawu strike after four months deadlock, experts predict wide ramifications, at The Citizen (subscriber access only)
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