MUNICIPAL WORKERS
Salga agreement bolsters state’s drive to tighten wage bill
Three-year agreement with Samwu and Imatu ends negotiations that started in March and appeared set to collapse in July
15 September 2021 - 16:03
Unions representing municipal workers settled for a below-inflation wage increase — about half the initial demand — on Wednesday, in an apparent vindication of the government’s hardline stance on tightening its wage bill.
Parties to local government wage negotiations agreed on a three-year deal, starting with a 3.5% basic increase and a one-off non-pensionable cash allowance for SA’s nearly 300,000 municipal workers...
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