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Traffic alert over COSATU march Tankiso Makhetha, Pretoria News, Pretoria, 23 April 2015 As COSATU is set to take to the streets of the city on Thursday in support of the deadlocked wage negotiations between unions and the state, the Tshwane Metro Police have advised motorists to stay away from the city centre, or find alternative routes. COSATU will march to the National Treasury and the Department of Public Service Administration to pressure the state into accepting its wage demands. Among the unions that will form part of the march are the South African Democratic Teachers Union (SADTU), Police and Prisons Civil Rights Union, as well as Public and Allied Workers Union of SA. This comes after wage talks between the union and the state reached a stalemate. The seven unions affiliated to COSATU are demanding a 10 percent salary increment and R1 500 housing allowance while the state has offered a 5.8 percent salary hike. Negotiations between the two parties ended last week Wednesday, with COSATU claiming that the state's refusal to close the gap was the catalyst for the march. National Education, Health and Allied Workers Union spokesman Sizwe Pamla said the state had been reluctant to offer a revised and improved offer. Marchers will meet at Marabastad before proceeding to the Public Service Administration offices and the Treasury. Metro police spokesman Senior Superintendent Isaac Mahamba advised motorists to avoid Marabastad, Struben Street and the dissecting streets, and the vicinity of the National Treasury in Madiba Street. From: http://www.iol.co.za/business/news/traffic-alert-over-COSATU-march-1.1849275 #.VTjMKSGqqko -- -- 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.
