The City said residents cannot afford to pay more, adding that it was unfair for government workers to receive wage increases when many people have had reductions to their income.
The City’s deputy mayor, Ian Neilson, said the City took a clear stand throughout the bargaining process led by the South African Local Government Association - the employer body representing 257 municipalities in the country, that salary increases were not justified or affordable currently.
Additionally, the implementation of the wage agreement clause that the City seeks exemption from- the awarding of a 3.5% increase effective from July 1 2021, and ancillary increases - will be suspended pending the outcome of the exemption application.“Our decision to oppose the wage agreement by asking to be excluded from having to implement the increases has not been taken lightly,” Neilson said.
South African Municipal Workers' Union regional secretary Mike Khumalo said it was a “slap on the face” for workers. Cosatu provincial secretary Malvern De Bruyn said they will engage with unions to work on a joint approach to take against the City.“As Cosatu we will not sit with our arms folded, we cannot allow the City to step on the right of workers. Samwu and Cosatu will oppose any exempt application the city will serve on SALGA,” he said.
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