Nehawu and the PSA have served Sars with a seven-day notice to go on strike from March 28, Sars said in a statement.
The South African Revenue Service is hopeful that an agreement will be reached in its wages dispute with the National Education, Health, and Allied Workers’ Union and the Public Servants’ Association , and a strike will be averted, the tax collector said on Saturday.
The current three year wage agreement that SARS had with organised labour would expire on March 31. Consequently, SARS and organised labour, represented by the two recognised trade unions, Nehawu and PSA, started the current round of negotiations in November 2018. During the course of the negotiations, six demands were withdrawn, nine were referred to task teams between management and organised labour which would investigate and have further discussions post the wage settlement, and consensus was reached on three of the demands. The key demands that remained subject of negotiations were a general salary increase of 11.
When the parties went to the CCMA on March 8, organised labour was sitting at 11.4 percent plus the remaining demands. SARS had moved to six percent. The CCMA commissioner tabled a commissioner’s proposal for settlement of eight percent increase across the board for a single term. After further mediation by the CCMA commissioner, organised labour offered a nine percent increase as a settlement offer. SARS was not able to accede to this, and needed more time to consult with its principals. A meeting was scheduled for Monday for the parties to try and find each other on the remaining issues.
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