Public sector unions say they are planning to strike following a breakdown in negotiations with the government over wage increases.
The unions, which form part of the South African Federation of Trade Unions , picketed outside the Public Service Co-ordinating Bargaining Council on Tuesday , protesting the wage offer of a 3% increase.“After the last sitting of the PSCBC, the employer proposed a 3% pay increase which we presented to our members. Workers made it very clear that they reject the offer,” the unions said.
The wage offer of 3% was rejected on the basis that salaries for public sector workers had not increased in three years. This lack of increase has had a negative impact on workers’ lives, the unions said, because costs are rising, but the salaries have stayed the same. The public sector is not the only industry that is plotting strike action. The Police and Prisons Civil Rights Union is demanding a 10% increase in wages and also embarked on a protest at the Union Buildings on Tuesday.
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