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Fin24 reports that the risk of more public service unions going on strike heightened sharply on Tuesday after four public sector unions at the Public Service Coordinating Bargaining Council (PSCBC) were given certificates of non-resolution in the deadlocked public wage negotiations.
This came as the Public Servants Association (PSA) was preparing for a full-blown public service strike next week, after serving the government last month with notice of intention to strike. The National Education, Health and Allied Workers' Union (Nehawu), the Democratic Nursing Organisation of SA (Denosa), the Police, Prisons and Civil Rights Union (Popcru), and the Health and Other Personnel Services Trade Union (Hospersa) were all in dispute resolution at the PSCBC this past week and were awarded certificates of non-resolution as the talks failed to break the deadlock. The certificates pave the way for the unions to serve the government with notice of a strike within a week if the deadlock remains unresolved. The date of commencement of a strike will depend on the strike notice itself. None of the unions had served notice of a strike by Wednesday morning. Nehawu, Popcru, Denosa and Cosatu marched to Parliament on Tuesday demanding that the government negotiate in good faith with unions. They rejected the 3% wage offer from government and demanded a 10% increase, saying that they were prepared to strike through December for it. Cosatu Western Cape chair Motlatsi Tsubane said the march was "a build-up to the main action, where unions will shut down all public institutions".
- Read the full original of the report in the above regard by Khulekani Magubane at Fin24
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