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BL Premium reports that Tshwane executive mayor Cilliers Brink, city manager Johann Mettler and SA Municipal Workers’ Union (Samwu) leaders are expected to meet again for talks on Monday in a bid to resolve the pay strike that began last week.
Samwu members marched to Tshwane House on Wednesday, demanding that the metro implement a 5.4% pay increase agreed upon in the SA Local Government Bargaining Council (SALGBC) in 2021. But according to Tshwane spokesperson Selby Bokaba, the metro made it “abundantly clear” to the unions that it was unable to implement the pay increase as it was unaffordable. The city was consequentially preparing an application for exemption from paying the increases. Updating union members on Saturday, Samwu Tshwane’s Precious Theledi advised: “Samwu leadership in Tshwane, accompanied by the provincial and national leadership, had a meeting with the executive mayor and the municipal manager on Saturday. The purpose of the meeting was to propose the modalities on implementing the payments for the 5.4% and 3.5% salary increase as stipulated in the wage and salary collective agreement.” Theledi said the metro had asked for a formal meeting on Monday afternoon. He said that members would be informed of the outcome and would be addressed on the way forward on Monday. On Friday, the metro obtained a Labour Court interdict declaring unlawful and illegal the protest action by Samwu members “who intimidated their nonstriking colleagues and caused damage to property”.
- Read the full original of the report in the above regard by Luyolo Mkentane at BusinessLive (subscriber access only)
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