KZN public servants take their wage grievances to government's door

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Public servants who staged a march through the streets of central Durban on Tuesday have fired the first salvo in their bid to get government to meet their demands for 10% wage increase.

Scores of public servants affiliated to different unions marched in Durban on Tuesday and handed over a list of demands.Public servants who staged a march through the streets of central Durban on Tuesday have fired the first salvo to get the government to meet their demands for a 10% wage increase.

He said they had been left disappointed by President Cyril Ramaphosa, who was once a shop steward but had now turned his back on workers. He accused Ramaphosa, finance minister Enoch Godongwane and labour minister Thulas Nxesi of being unsympathetic to workers. He expressed dismay they had been sending a string of memorandums to government, without any response.Just before Cosatu provincial secretary Edwin Mkhize took to the podium to address the hundreds of workers, two marchers set the tone for him by burning incense.“We are gathered here to express, on behalf of thousands of workers, our anger and frustration.

He said in 2021 the then finance minister Tito Mboweni had presented an austere budget wherein he had celebrated the Treasury’s apparent successes in its attack on collective bargaining. “This attack started with the refusal to fill posts, reneging on the implementation of resolution 1 of 2018. Most recently we have also had the introduction of gratuity payments which do not progress workers in terms of deferred income,” said Mkhize.

“Inflation is high. This is not doing justice to the workers who have to travel to work,” said Thwala.

 

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