As a municipal worker I find SALGA s proposal very disappointing very, they are swearing at us workers indirectly! On 03 Mar 2015 1:41 PM, "VC" <[email protected]> wrote:
> > > > > *3 March 2015* > > > > > > *SAMWU Disappointed by SALGA Salary and Wage Proposals* > > > > > > The South African Municipal Workers' Union (SAMWU) is currently in the > first round of negotiations with the South African Local Government > Association (SALGA) the employer body that represents the country's 278 > municipalities in the South African Local Government Bargaining Council > (SALGBC). > > > > SALGA responded to the demands that were put forward by unions for > bargaining. We are disappointed that SALGA is not negotiating in good faith > and continues with the arrogant posture which it we have known it to > portray. SALGA does not want to concede to the demands by pleading poverty. > The employer further had the audacity to say that there are some workers > who stay in the rural areas who should not get housing allowance because > they are comfortable living in areas where there is no basic services such > as electricity, water and sanitation. We view this as a spit in the faces > of municipal workers who dedicate it to servicing the people of South > Africa while they do not have the luxury of such services in their homes. > > > > The employer body insists on a 3 year agreement which consists of a 4.4% > salary increase for the financial year 2015/16 average CPI plus 0.25% for > the following two years. We are shocked that SALGA would even propose such > a ridiculous proposal for year 2015/16 of 4.4% which is way below > inflation. National Treasury has forecasted inflation to reach 6.2% in > 2015. This in essence, the employer's proposal means that the employer is > proposing a negative salary increase of -1.8%. > > > > We are in fact opposed to the use of CPI as a base for negotiations as to > what increases workers should get. We believe that CPI is not an economic > variable it fails to take into account the quality of the goods which. We > further believe that CPI does not measure real increases and that it is > merely a measure of spending trends. SAMWU remains committed to ensuring > that SALGA concedes to the demands, we believe we are carrying concrete > mandate from our members. > > > > > > *Issued by**:* > > *SAMWU Head Office* > > > > *Contact**:* > > *Papikie Mohale* > > *National Media Officer* > > *South African Municipal Workers' Union* > > *84 Fredericks Street* > > *Johannesburg* > > *2001* > > *M: 0604166661* > > *T: 0111002615* > > *E: [email protected] <[email protected]>* > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > __________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus > signature database 11260 (20150303) __________ > > The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. > > http://www.eset.com > > -- > -- > You are subscribed. This footer can help you. > Please POST your comments to [email protected] or reply to > this message. > You can visit the group WEB SITE at > http://groups.google.com/group/yclsa-eom-forum for different delivery > options, pages, files and membership. > To UNSUBSCRIBE, please email [email protected] > . You don't have to put anything in the "Subject:" field. You don't have to > put anything in the message part. All you have to do is to send an e-mail > to this address (repeat): [email protected] . > > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "YCLSA Discussion Forum" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- -- You are subscribed. This footer can help you. Please POST your comments to [email protected] or reply to this message. You can visit the group WEB SITE at http://groups.google.com/group/yclsa-eom-forum for different delivery options, pages, files and membership. To UNSUBSCRIBE, please email [email protected] . You don't have to put anything in the "Subject:" field. You don't have to put anything in the message part. All you have to do is to send an e-mail to this address (repeat): [email protected] . --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "YCLSA Discussion Forum" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
