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Government calls on public sector unions to return to talks on 10% pay demand

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southafricalogoBL Premium reports that the government has refused to give in to demands by disgruntled public sector unions for a 10% wage increase and instead called on parties to go back to the Public Service Co-ordinating Bargaining Council (PSCBC) to resolve outstanding disputes.

Department of Public Service & Administration (DPSA) acting minister Thulas Nxesi in his response to a list of demands by labour federations Cosatu, Saftu and Fedusa, whose members marched to the National Treasury on 22 November, said the government remained committed to engagement with organised labour on a variety of issues of mutual and national concern. These included the national fiscus, job creation, the filling of vacant funded posts within the public service, and buffering public service employees against cost of living shocks. “It is for this reason that government again calls on parties to the PSCBC to return to the negotiation table where any outstanding disputes can be resolved,” Nxesi said in his response dated 30 November. “Returning to the negotiation table will also allow for the 2023/24 wage negotiation process to commence, so that it informs the National Treasury budgetary process, in line with the Public Service Summit resolution,” Nxesi pointed out. On the 10% wage demand, the DPSA said the employer remained committed to continue engagements with labour to ensure public servants’ livelihoods “are protected, within the available fiscal resources”. DPSA spokesperson Moses Mushi reported that the department had not received a response from the unions.

  • Read the full original of the report in the above regard by Luyolo Mkentane at BusinessLive (subscriber access only)


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