TimesLive reports that the Communication Workers Union (CWU) has called on the Department of Communications and Digital Technologies and the National Treasury to meet to discuss financial assistance for the ailing SA Post Office (SAPO).
This after SAPO sent a retrenchment notice to its employees on Thursday informing them about its intention to retrench 6,000 workers. “They attached 6,000 names and proposed a meeting be held under the auspices of the Commission for Conciliation, Mediation and Arbitration,” CWU general secretary Aubrey Tshabalala reported. The union has rejected the proposed retrenchments, saying the network of post offices would shrink or be destroyed. “This means the post office would not be able to generate profits. That is why we reject this proposal,” said Tshabalala, whose union represents 6,000 of the 14,500 employees. He added: “We will have to study the list. We do not think management knows what it is doing. We are also dealing with an indecisive management. Two weeks ago, we were discussing cuts of salaries by 40%. We were still discussing the issue and then we get a letter informing us about the planned retrenchments.”
- Read the full original of the report in the above regard by Ernest Mabuza at SowetanLive
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