CWU threatens SABC with full-blown strike

the Communications Workers Union are deadlocked in a wage dispute despite numerous engagements over a period of four months.

The parties have not been able to reach a consensus regarding the backdating of the agreed increment from April 2023, with the CWU accepting the 6% offer but demanding that it should be backdated to April last year. The union has appealed to parliament’s portfolio committee on communications & digital technologies to resolve the dispute and is threatening a full-blown wage strike at the cash-strapped public broadcaster that could impact the coverage of the upcoming elections.

On 8 March, the CCMA issued the default picketing rules, which are yet to be signed by both parties before a certificate of non-resolution can be issued. “A strike is a last resort for us,” Bowers said. “We have been to the CCMA to get the picketing rules signed off, which has not happened yet, and we have warned that this needs to happen as soon as possible. But the workers are resolute. They want to go on strike and there is no question that if this is not resolved by the time of the general meeting next week, they will go on strike and disrupt the general elections campaign that is in full swing right now.

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