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PSA labels latest wage offer by govt ‘insult to workers’ Updated
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The Public Servants Association (PSA) has reached a deadlock with government over public servant s wage increase.
Photo: Pieter van der Merwe
Government has proposed an 1,5% increase for 2021.
The association wants a 7% salary increment for government employees.
In December, the Labour Appeal Court upheld a Treasury decision not to implement the final part of a three-year public-sector wage deal, at a cost of R38bn, for lack of money.
The unions appealed and the matter is scheduled to be heard by the Constitutional Court in August.
Fresh factory strike looms
MASERU – SIX trade unions say they will down tools next Friday to press Labour Minister Moshe Leoma to gazette a new minimum wage for factory workers.
The strike will be a follow-up to one they held two weeks ago in the Thetsane Industrial Area where three workers were shot and injured by the riot police.
The unions say they will petition Prime Minister Moeketsi Majoro and Leoma to address their grievances.
Speaking at a press conference in Maseru on Tuesday, , who is the Secretary General of the National Clothing Textile and Allied Workers Union (NACTWU), said they will not back off until their grievances are addressed.
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