The Public Servants’ Association (PSA) which represents more than 235,000 public sector employees, is preparing for industrial action after the majority of its members rejected the government’s latest salary offer.
While public sector unions have demanded an 8% wage increase, the PSA said that they went as low as 6.5% – arguing that this is a deep compromise, considering inflation is above 7%.
The ministers said that the government is grappling with a “balancing act” between wage increases and additional headcounts, saying “there’s always competition” between the two. The PSA said that by 17 October, the employer and the union would conclude on the rules that, if not agreed upon, the union would issue a notice to strike and commence with a picket in support of a strike.
The state rail and ports company, together with the unions, convened for CCMA-mediated talks on Monday which, according to Transnet, “ended with the parties agreeing and signing the picketing rules and picketing sites” for the current strike action that workers are embarking on.
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