TimesLIVE reports that the City of Tshwane has issued notices of intention to dismiss to 41 striking employees and confirmed that 15 workers were arrested for their involvement in the protest over pay.
Members of the SA Municipal Workers’ Union (Samwu) members went on strike last week to demand that they be paid salary increases in terms of a SA Local Government Bargaining Council order last Thursday that the City should, within 10 days, increase workers’ salaries by 5.4% for the year beginning 1 July. The City was granted an interim interdict by the Labour Court a day later, which declared the strike “unlawful and unprotected”. On Wednesday, the City threatened to dismiss workers who refused to return to work and on Thursday confirmed that notices had been sent to protesting workers. The City also said it would approach the Labour Court for an urgent contempt of court order against workers still on strike. “A total of 15 employees have been arrested so far and charged with public violence and face internal charges as well,” the City confirmed in statement.
- Read the full original of the report in the above regard by Khanyisile Ngcobo at BusinessLive
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