South Africa is gearing up for major showdowns between workers’ unions and employers in the weeks ahead, as both sides take a hard stance on wage negotiations, the City Press reports.
South Africa is gearing up for major showdowns between workers’ unions and employers in the weeks ahead, as both sides take a hard stance on wage negotiations, theWorkers in the mining industry have already embarked on a three-month-long strike but they will soon be joined by the steel industry and public service workers at the South African Revenue Service .
Unions at SARS – Nehawu and the PSA – are demanding 12% increases, with the revenue service holding firm at 0%. “The good performance of SARS can only be attributed to the dedication and hard work by the SARS employees hence it defies logic how the same employees could be rewarded with no salary increase,” the PSA said.
Many workers, especially in the public sector, have had to deal with these rising costs with only the smallest of below-inflation increases over the last three years. The situation has been exacerbated by SARS’ decision to renege on the third year of negotiated increases signed in 2019.
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