workers no longer united. On 8/17/15, VC <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > New Age2.png > > > > > > SAMWU prepares for Congress > > > > Working conditions to take centre stage at upcoming municipal workers' > union > meeting > > > > > > Itumeleng Mafisa, The New Age, Johannesburg, 17 August 2015 > > > > The South African Municipal Workers Union (SAMWU) said preparations for the > union's leadership race were under way. > > > > The union will hold its 11th national congress later this month. > > > > SAMWU general secretary Walter Theledi said the congress would take place > from August 26-29 in Durban. > > > > "We trust the national congress will better prepare the union to fight for > decent working conditions including wages in the upcoming salary and wage > negotiations," Theledi said. > > > > Following the union's central executive committee meeting earlier this > month, the union announced it had accepted the latest wage offer from the > South African Local Goverment Association (SALGA). > > > > "Negotiations with SALGA were undoubtedly the most difficult. > > > > "Based on regional reports, which were received from provinces, the central > executive committee therefore accepts the proposal as presented without > additions or subtractions," he said. > > > > The proposal includes a multi-year agreement effective from July 1, 2015 to > June 30, 2018, a 7% across-the-board salary increase in the first year of > the agreement and CPI +1% for the remainder of the agreement. > > > > The deal also includes a sector minimum wage of R6014.93 with effect from > July 1, 2015 and the retention of the 60:40 employer medical contribution. > > > > However, maximum employer contributions would increase to a maximum of > R3871. > > > > The deal was further sweetened by a new housing allowance dispensation for > low earners who were not servicing bonds, of an amount of R350, as well as > a > homeowner's allowance of R700. > > > > "The union is preparing for the future and that will entail preparing for > the new wage collective agreement, which will better the lives of municipal > and water board workers. We appeal to the employers to be sensitive to the > plight of our members," he said. > > > > <mailto:[email protected]> [email protected] > > > > From: <http://tnaepaper.co.za/> http://tnaepaper.co.za/ > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > -- > 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. >
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