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BL Premium reports that some of the unions in the Public Service Co-ordinating Bargaining Council (PSCBC) have accepted the government’s latest above-inflation wage offer of 5.5%.
The offer, however, still needs more than 30% support from other unions to pass the required threshold of 50% plus one. PSCBC general secretary Frikkie de Bruin reported that unions representing the country’s more than 1.3-million public servants were busy consulting members on the state’s final offer of 5.5% as presented in council recently. Unions have until 18 February to sign the draft agreements in acceptance of the offer. “For now we already have two trade unions, Sapu [SA Policing Union] and Naptosa [National Professional Teachers Organisation of SA] that have signed the agreement, representing 17.6% of the vote weight,” De Bruin reported. He added: “We still need 32.5%. We are confident that unions will be able to convince their members on the three-year offer, as this agreement also allows for adjustments to the housing allowance, medical aid subsidy and danger allowances.” Reuben Maleka of the Public Servants Association (PSA), which represents more than 245,000 teachers, nurses and doctors, indicated: “Our mandate-seeking process is positive, we are busy collating all the data and we should be in a position to sign the draft agreement on Tuesday.” Sibongiseni Delihlazo, Cosatu’s spokesperson on the public service wage talks, could not immediately be reached for comment.
- Read the full original of the report in the above regard by Luyolo Mkentane at BusinessLive (subscriber access only)
- Read too, PSA will be accepting state’s 5.5% pay-hike offer, at Moneyweb
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