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Pretoria News reports that in limine arguments raised by the SA Municipal Workers’ Union (Samwu) to dismiss the City of Tshwane’s application for an exemption from pay increases were rejected by the local government bargaining council on Thursday.
Workers under the Samwu banner demanding a 5.4% salary increase have been conducting a strike that has entered its fifth week. The metro, Samwu and the Independent Municipal and Allied Union (Imatu) met with the bargaining council on Tuesday. However, the meeting was stalled after Samwu put forward some new arguments for senior commissioner Eleanor Hambidge to consider before the hearing takes place on 30 August. Amongst the union’s contentions were that the city’s exemption application was late, was defective because it did not contain all prescribed documents and was not in compliance with the wage and salary collective agreement. In her ruling, Hambidge dismissed Samwu’s bid and requested case management to schedule the exemption for argument on Wednesday. City chief of staff Jordan Griffiths welcomed the decision and indicated that they would be prepared to make their arguments on 30 August. Samwu’s provincial secretary, Mpho Tladinyane, said the union was not shaken by the ruling and was also looking forward to the hearing.
- Read the full original of the report in the above regard by Mashudu Sadike at Pretoria News
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