We can't fool workers for a long time, ANC by virtue of party governing the STATE remains principal employer and workers seem to realize that. In Bojanala Region as SAMWU Regional Secretary, I have attended 3 general meeting to feedback members regarding wage negotiations and they remain sad. And where we are to mobilize for ANC that workers must VOTE ANC workers begin to negate leadership, and they are doing so precisely they are directly confronted by patronage and dramatic step backs imposed by ANC Councilors and when they are being exposed membeers are being victimised. We would be embarking on protest march on the 13th May towards Election Day as the only way to show workers that we are not going to compromise them, however opportunist parties they would take advantage to demobilze workers to vote ANC. Essence of external facilitator, I can't be suprised if its Gwede Mantashe as he remained the one who was give employer the final say on wages and COSATU is silence due to 2012 agenda. I pause Sent from my BlackBerry® wireless device
-----Original Message----- From: Dominic Tweedie <[email protected]> Sender: [email protected] Date: Sat, 07 May 2011 06:21:33 To: <[email protected]> Reply-To: [email protected] Subject: [YCLSA Discussion] Outside facilitators needed, to a void a public servants’ strike Eyewitness News Intervention may be necessary to avert public servants’ strike Barry Bateman, Eyewitness News, Johannesburg, 6 May 2011 Public sector unions on Friday said that outside facilitators may be needed to avoid a repeat of crippling strikes seen in 2010, after negotiations with government reached a deadlock. Some 14 unions affiliated to trade unions federation Cosatu and the Independent Labour Caucus are demanding a 9 percent wage hike, while the state is offering 5.2 percent. Unions said agreements on housing and medical aid reached in 2010 are yet to be implemented by government. More than one million civil servants downed tools last August, disrupting schools and hospitals. The South African Democratic Teachers’ Union’s (Sadtu) Mugwena Maluleke said employees have already lowered their demand by one percentage point. The Independent Labour Caucus’ Chris Klopper said government has failed to honour the previous agreement. ”The big ticket issues last year were salary adjustments, housing and medical,” he said. “What we now find is that the employer is not prepared to reach those issues.” However, government denied that there was a breakdown in negotiations. It has accused unions of negotiating through the media, despite agreements to keep the talks behind closed doors. “As far as we are concerned, there is no breakdown in negotiations,” said the Public Service Ministry’s Dumisani Nkwamba. “We are extremely shocked [that] a press conference was conducted by the unions.” Unions said they hope to resolve the deadlock before the local government elections on May 18. (Edited by Dennis Georgiannis) From: http://www.eyewitnessnews.co.za/articleprog.aspx?id=65294 -- 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] .
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