Government must stop playing with the workers, this is not a joke and if it is to them it is not funny at all. Please find my attached article on the strike
Bua News
Compiled by the Government Communication and Information System
Government signs wage offer
BuaNews, Pretoria, 19 August 2010
The Acting Director-General for the Department of Public Service and
Administration, Kenny Govender, today signed off the draft wage offer for
implementation on behalf of government.
This comes after a drawn out and intense negotiations in the Public Sector
Coordinating Bargaining Council (PSCBC).
The offer according to the regulations of the PSCBC will be on the table for a
period of 21 days in which labour can make a decision to sign and failing which
will be implemented.
The offer which covers the period from 1 July 2010 until 31 March 2011
includes:
* A general salary increase of 7 percent for the 2010/11 financial
year;
* An increase in housing allowance from the current R500 to R700 which
amounts
to a 0.9 percent increase; and
* An annual pay progression of 1.5 percent which 90 percent of
employees
qualify.
Government has committed to responding on the matters of the improvement of
housing allowance and/or subsidy with a view of ownership by public servants
and
the equalisation of medical aid subsidy in the second phase of negotiations
scheduled for October 2010.
Minister for the Public Service and Administration, Richard Boloyi reiterated
that government will continue in efforts for further collective engagement with
labour on a range of issues.
These include the review of the remuneration policy; synchronisation of salary
negotiations with the Government Budget cycle; the return to April as the
implementation month for salary settlement; the building of a sustainable
capacity within negotiators as well as the introduction of a multi-term focus
in
salary negotiations. - BuaNews
From: http://www.buanews.gov.za/news/10/10081913051001
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