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Fin24 reports that the Communication Workers Union (CWU) wants the government to bail out the struggling SA Post Office (SAPO) and ensure that the entity has a monopoly in the delivery of parcels weighing 1kg or less.
Last week, the union held marches around the country, including to the National Treasury and the Department of Communications in Pretoria and also to Parliament in Cape Town. Its demands included a 15% salary increase across the board, a R900 housing allowance, and a R2,500 housing subsidy. The CWU furthermore demanded the finalisation of legislation to make SAPO the only legal service provider for the delivery of parcels 1kg or less as well as the scrapping of SAPO's separation from Postbank to make the latter a fully-fledged bank. SAPO has persistently struggled to pay over employees' medical aid contributions to the medical aid provider Medipos and is likely to consider taking steps to retrench staff after this year's Budget Speech effectively paved the way for it to cut 6,000 or 40% of its jobs in the medium term. SAPO spokesperson reported that Thursday’s marches did not have a significant impact on operations at Post Office branches, but that the entity's leadership would study and consider the CWU's demands.
- Read the full original of the report in the above regard by Khulekani Magubane at Fin24
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