POPCRU argues that South Africa has unfair and wrong disparities of income South Africa has allowed the wrong model of having a rich [upper crust] and poor [losers] salary structure to continue for while without changing it. This was because it continued to benefit those who are in senior management.
We saw recently a post of a Commissioner for National Consumer Commission with a salary of R1 275 732 [R106 311 per month] as a direct picture that we are painting whilst in the same breath a post of an Inspector is supposed to earn a mere R149 874 p.a [R12 489, 50 per month]. In 1999 the South African Police Service National Commissioner was earning R339 591 and a constable was earning R40 000 in the same yearin 1999. And in our view this is totally against the spirit of what was loudly said a while ago that our public servants are “Cadres” that should form the backbone of government acceleration of service delivery to all our masses. A minimum wages of a police officer is R7 000 a month and correctional officer is R7 050 and this is an insult to all our law abiding citizens, who continues to sweat to advance humanization of our citizenry against a backdrop of rising cost of living. The majority of our workers at the coalface of service delivery at police stations, clinics, hospitals, schools, FET’s, Traffic Centres, Courts, and other government offices continue to bear the brunt of slave wages in the name of patriotism. We are calling the Employer to avoid negotiating salary offers in the media and restore the importance of Collective Bargaining Structures as enshrined in the Labour Relations Act Section 28(1)(a)(c) on conclusion of collective agreements and prevention and resolution of labour disputes respectively. A struggle for a living wage is within our reach and we shall remain steadfast for a real wage increase! Aluta Continua! Issued by: Norman Mampane National Spokesperson Tel: 0112424600/4615 Cell: 0720737959 Fax: 0866253054 Email: [email protected] 01 Marie Road Auckland Park 2006 -- 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] .
