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BL Premium reports that thousands of striking employees at the SA Revenue Service (SARS) affiliated to the Public Servants Association (PSA) have returned to work pending the outcome of their appeal to President Cyril Ramaphosa to intervene.
As a result, the number of SARS branches closed across the country easedf to about 30 from a high of almost 50 recorded last week. The PSA, which represents more than 5,000 of the estimated SARS workforce of 13,000, together with the National Education, Health and Allied Workers’ Union (Nehawu), are demanding above-inflation pay hikes of 11.5% and 12% respectively. The unions have rejected an offer by SARS which they say would amount to an increase of just 1.3% and a one-off R3,000 cash gratuity. The two unions began their industrial action in May before suspending it to give further talks a chance. They resumed it two weeks ago after parties could not reach an agreement. In a media briefing on Wednesday last week, the PSA’s Reuben Maleka called on Ramaphosa to intervene to break the wage deadlock. “We expect the president to intervene and respond by August 1. [If he fails] we will ballot members for a strike,” Maleka indicated on Monday. Meantime, Nehawu’s December Mavuso advised that the union had not taken a decision for its members to return to work in the interim, saying: “They are still in the picket lines.”
Read the full original of the report in the above regard by Luyolo Mkentane at BusinessLive (subscriber access only)
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