NEWS ANALYSIS: Public-sector wage bill: Draw the line or face ruin
Government must face down unions on pay demands of the bloated public service — for the good of the country
23 July 2020 - 18:09
The government can blame itself for the public-sector wage bill being out of control as it has been unable to draw a line in the sand for almost a decade.
The unions did their job in getting increases for their members, while state negotiators put the Treasury in a bind that it does not have the money to pay itself out of. ..
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