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SABC News reports that talks to end the strike action by workers at the SA Bureau of Standards (SABS) in Pretoria have collapsed.
This as the strike entered its second week, with employees having downed tools over the entity’s restructuring process. They are accusing the employer of unilaterally changing the payment and employment structure, amid concerns that the new plan will have a negative impact on workers’ salaries and benefits. The strike action is said to be affecting audits, testing and compliance with product certification backlogs across the country. The National Education, Health and Allied Workers’ Union (Nehawu) engaged with the SABS management to resolve the strike, but with no joy. According to the union, it has non-negotiables and the workers will continue with the strike until those demands are met. “Those key issues are that they must end exploitation in ensuring that no one at the SABS is paid below the minimum of the scale, that is a no-go area. The second issue is that they need to move workers into the midpoint of the scale and that can be a phased in process and at no point should the workers be paid below the minimum of the scale including maintaining our benefits and moving away from the cost to company,” Nehawu’s Zolani Masoleng advised. Meanwhile, the union has written to all entities operating under the Department of Trade, Industry and Competition to also join in and issue notices to strike this week, as the union plans a secondary strike in support of the SABS action.
- Read the full original of the report in the above regard by Katlego Legodi at SABC News
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