Viva COSATU, Viva! _____
JMC4.jpg Statement by COSATU Public Service Unions, 26 June 2015 2015/2018 Wage agreement As COSATU Public Service Unions at the PSCBC, we have called this urgent media briefing to update you about the latest developments regarding the implementation of Resolution 2 of 2015/2018 Wage agreement. Previously, as organized Labour at PSCBC, we informed the public of our immediate withdrawal from the public sector wage agreement that was agreed upon in May this year and subsequent withdrawal of our participation from all Chambers following government's unilateral implementation of the 6,4% wage agreement for public sector employees for the period 1 April 2015 to 31 March 2016 contrary to the agreed 7% adjustment. This was in contravention of the agreement we had at PSCBC between Labour and employer to wait for the legal opinion on the interpretation of the clause that government claimed it was enforcing from the previous wage agreement. However, late last night as Labour Unions at PSCBC, we met with the employer and in this morning meeting, the employer demonstrated willingness to forgo their claim of clawing back the alleged over-payment of 0,6% emanating from the previous agreement. It has always been our position that the employer has no legitimate claim as the previous agreement had lapsed and we resolve as follows: . 7% is re-instated as agreed in Resolution 2 of 2015 . Employer will repay employees 0,6% that was deducted from their increase . All Council and sectors activities will resume . The legal opinion sought by the end of this month should be abandoned . We will participates in all activities As COSATU Unions, we view this as a positive outcome in the nature of bargaining which is characterized by a culture of give and take and therefore we can live with it as a product of collective bargaining. Public Service employees will henceforth be back-dated with the 0,6% that was not factored into as of April this year. As COSATU Public Service Unions, we hereby announce our full participation back to PSCBC and Chamber activities. End For more information contact: Cde Nkosinathi Mbhida, POPCRU Deputy President, 082 820 6078 Cde Michael Shingange, NEHAWU Deputy President, 082 455 2485 -- -- 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.
