Crippling Tshwane strike to intensify if no wage deal is reached, says defiant Samwu

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Municipal workers want an 18% wage increase, in line with what senior management received

South African Municipal Workers Union members protest. Picture: THE HERALD/MIKE HOLMES

“But if no agreement is reached to break the deadlock we shall intensify our strike action,” said Tladinyane. have not offered us anything as yet. They are currently having a mayoral committee meeting [on Monday evening] to deliberate on our demands. We shall take it from there.” “But what then unfortunately happened is that some of our workers at the depot managed to get the depot keys, took out municipal buses to aid the strike that is taking place,” Sheila Senkubuge, a member of the mayoral committee for roads and transport in the city, said on Johannesburg-based Talk Radio 702.Drivers who took buses may lose their jobs, she said.city manager Moeketsi Mosola receiving a R7.5m payout to step down at the end of July.

GladAfrica was appointed to run a project-management unit for the Tshwane metro. The contract was, however, open-ended and resulted in R318m of irregular expenditure for the 2017/2018 financial year. The second attempt arose from allegations of contravening the code of conduct for municipal staff members.Tladinyane accused the city of only paying the 18% salary increase to group and divisional heads and leaving out lower-level employees.

 

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