The offer that we got as municipality is a just mediocrity, but we are told it's majority of our members who agreed to this facilitator s proposal.
It seems workers no longer have stamina to strike, workers are demoralised so this is a very dangerous situation I myself at our municipality was only one against the report on the three main factors Multi year agreement renders union useless, the whole three years most time they will sit at the laurels, busy with petty hr and scm issues The cpi plus 1 percentage is not good at all, we get this dummy 7% this year next year cpi stand at 4.5, so we will get 5% increment, isn't that downgrading, because wishing for more than 7 percent is to wish for high inflation, and we know our reserve bank is working hard On housing allowance, we know that union advocate for workers equity, so how on earth will one accept offer that is not even? Those workers who qualifies for housing and are earning more will get R700 and those who cannot afford it,and are earning less are going to get R350, will they ever afford it? So in essence they are indirectly advocating for rich get richer? Couldn't our beloved union just look for single year 7% agreement? Plus R1000 housing, just like our friends in the public sector? our water boards salaries are very good On 17 Aug 2015 1:18 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: > It is a strugle but very critical at this stage of the revolution. > Sent from my BlackBerry® > ------------------------------ > *From: * Dominic Tweedie <[email protected]> > *Sender: * [email protected] > *Date: *Mon, 17 Aug 2015 13:02:29 +0200 > *To: *YCLSA EOM Forum<[email protected]> > *ReplyTo: * [email protected] > *Subject: *Re: [YCLSA Discussion] SAMWU prepares for congress - Itumeleng > Mafisa, The New Age > > > Unity is a struggle. > > VC > > > > On 17 August 2015 at 12:30, Thabo Mathiba <[email protected]> wrote: > >> 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. 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