PUBLIC SERVICE
Cosatu: wage offer delay a recipe for strike
The Department of Public Service and Administration has again failed to present a wage offer to public sector unions
The government’s delay in presenting a wage offer to public servants is a recipe for an unnecessary strike, according to union federation Cosatu. The Department of Public Service and Administration, which heads the government’s mandating committee, has again failed to present a wage offer to public sector unions, asking this time for a postponement until December 7, with negotiators claiming they had no mandate. The government was expected to report back to unions last Thursday after requesting a postponement in October. Negotiators from the department receive mandates from a committee of ministers, including their own Faith Muthambi and Finance Minister Malusi Gigaba. Unions usually wait for the medium-term budget policy statement before starting wage negotiations, in order to allow the Treasury to conduct its own feasibility studies and draw up cost measures. Despite there being an agreement on the running order of negotiations, the government has repeatedly failed to stick to dea...
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