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BusinessLive reports that cracks between Cosatu affiliates are widening, with the SA Democratic Teachers’ Union (Sadtu) breaking ranks with other public service unions with its support of the government’s revised final 3% wage offer for SA’s 1.3-million civil servants.
Sadtu president Magope Maphila, in his opening address at the union’s national general council (NGC) on Tuesday, said most members were in support of the offer. Sadtu has a membership of about 260,000. Unions initially demanded a 10% wage increase when negotiations began in May, but trimmed the figure down to 6.5%. Workers were given 21 days in August to get a mandate from their members on the government’s final offer of a 3% salary increase, continuation of a R1,000 after-tax cash gratuity and a 1.5% pay progression hike linked to years of service. Public Sector Co-ordinating Bargaining Council general secretary Frikkie de Bruin said on Tuesday that the bargaining council had held a special meeting, where parties noted that the 21-day period had lapsed. Cosatu’s largest unions, including Nehawu, Popcru and Denosa, “indicated they are in dispute and will be invoking the dispute resolution procedure of council”. Hospersa, a Fedusa affiliate also rejected the offer. The Public Servants Association (PSA) the SA Policing Union (Sapu) had earlier declared disputes which remain unresolved, with certificates of non-resolution having been issued. The bargaining council is now awaiting the dispute referral forms from Nehawu, Popcru, Denosa and Hospersa. De Bruin indicated: “We will also call on PSA to discuss picketing rules and sit down with Sapu as to discuss the arbitration process as Sapu is an essential service.”
- Read the full original of the report in the above regard by Luyolo Mkentane at BusinessLive
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