Talks with municipal unions have collapsed, which led to angry employees descending on Tshwane House and causing havoc.
Municipal workers went on the rampage on Tuesday, trashing Tshwane metro headquarters after wage talks collapsed.
Nawa said the purpose of the meeting was to conclude the two agenda items of which one was the implementation of the 6.25% annual wage increase and implementation of the benchmarking collective agreement.He said the talks were not concluded due to the fact that Samwu leadership walked out of the meeting which led to its collapse as there was no quorum.Service delivery to be impacted as protesting workers trash Tshwane headquarters.
“These challenges were not only pervasive to the Tshwane metro, as all sectors of our economy are bleeding as a result of coronavirus pandemic.”Actual average collection for April to June 2020, was 68%.The revenue in the budget is earned and cash collected during the year – the amount shown as revenue is not available in cash at the beginning of the year.
“It is against this background, that the administrators took a conscious decision that while they appreciate the currently existing agreements, however, they cannot be reckless and make decisions that could bankrupt the metro.”
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