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Citizen3.png Public service wage talks stall Steven Tau, The Citizen, Johannesburg, 2 April 2015 There is still no indication when an agreement will be reached in the public service wage negotiations. ILC The state, as the employer, and public service unions have again reached a deadlock in talks, chairperson of the Independent Labour Caucus (ILC) Basil Manuel told The Citizen yesterday. ILC.jpg [2010] "The employer is in the process of filing papers for a formal dispute," said Manuel. "What will happen now is the bargaining council will have to find an independent mediator - a process which is likely to take a couple of days." Manuel said the unions' wage demands of a 10% increase remained unchanged. Labour revised its demands for housing allowance from R3 000 to R1 900, while the employer's offer stands at R1 100. Asked how union members felt about the latest developments, Manuel said they were growing agitated as they don't want to strike. "These developments are worrying because they are causing the temperatures to rise. The view is the employer is not taking its employees seriously," Manuel said. COSATU Speaking on behalf of trade union confederation COSATU's public service unions, Nkosinathi Mabhida [POPCRU] said the last time all concerned parties met was on Friday. "That was when the employer's negotiators declared a dispute." JMC4.jpg The COSATU bloc Mabhida said the possibility of a strike could not be ruled out as union members have been getting frustrated at the lack of urgency on the part of the employer to work towards an agreement. "From next week, union leaders will be crisscrossing the country where we will be giving a report back to our members on the latest developments, and also seeking mandate from them on what the way forward should be," he said. With the latest increases in the price of fuel and tax, and the imminent increase in electricity tariffs, Mabhida said cash-strapped workers were already being forced to dig deeper into their pockets. - [email protected] From: http://citizen.co.za/355491/public-service-wage-talks-stall/ -- -- 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.
