Public sector unions eagerly await new wage offer from govt this weekend Government agreed to table a new offer when it did an about-turn after saying there would be a 0% wage hike due to lack of money from its purse. FILE: Workers protest as public sector unions seek to strike a wage deal on 19 May 2015. Picture: EWN
4 hours ago
JOHANNESBURG – Public sector unions are this weekend expected to know what the new wage offer from government is, following intense weeks of negotiations.
Independent mediators have been in talks with the state presenting a demand of a 7% hike and other conditions of service adjustments after they did not receive increases last year.
Independent mediators have been in talks with the state presenting a demand of a 7% hike and other conditions of service adjustments after they did not receive increases last year.
Independent mediators in public service wage talks ask for more time Workers said that labour had agreed to give the independent mediators more time while government forged ahead with tabling a new offer. FILE: Thousands of public servants march in the Pretoria CBD as they make their way to Union Buildings. Picture: EWN
3 days ago
JOHANNESBURG - Independent mediators in the public wage negotiations have asked for more time as government considers drawing up a renewed wage offer.
All parties resumed talks last week Friday after two-week-long discussions deadlocked.
The facilitators now said that they would report back to the bargaining council over the weekend on the employer’s new wage offer.