The Public Servants Association (PSA) has announced that unions are moving to strike again after negotiations with government officials remain at a deadlock.
National Action Day, the looming industrial protest action, has been set for Tuesday 22 November according to BusinessTech.
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The main march will start off in Pretoria at the National Treasury offices with government workers protesting for a wage increase, which was last implemented in 2019.
So far, “the government has offered a 3% and continued R1,000 cash gratuity only until March 2023.”
Unions have given the government a seven-day period to rethink its offer as the expected acceptable increase should range between 6.5-10%.
The following unions have already been granted strike certificates:
- Public Servants Association (PSA) – 235,000 workers and Prisons
- Civil Rights Union (POPCRU) – 120,000 members
- Democratic Nursing Organisation of SA (DENOSA) – 84,000 members
- Health & Other Services Personnel Trade Union of SA (HOSPERSA) – 70,000 members
- South African Policing Union (SAPU) – 60,000 members
- National Education, Health and Allied Workers Union (NEHAWU) – 274,000 members
According to union leaders, the high cost of living has triggered this action. “We are no longer just fighting for a decent wage; we are fighting to keep the right to bargain in the face of continuous efforts by the government to undermine bargaining.”
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