WAGE DEAL
Public-sector employees miss payday adjustments
The draft wage agreement still does not have majority support from unions more than a week after the government presented it
Public-sector employees are losing out on a big payday due to the delayed conclusion of their draft wage agreement. The deal, which offers employees wage increases of 6% to 7% for 2018 and consumer price index (CPI) plus 1% for successive years, still does not enjoy majority support from unions, over a week after government presented it. In the meantime, public employees have had to deal with inflationary pressures without the cushion of salary adjustments, which will be backdated to April 1 once implemented. Organised labour has 21 days until the window closes on its chance to sign the wage deal. Although the South African Democratic Teachers’ Union (Sadtu) confirmed on Monday it had added its signature to the agreement, its 20% representation, combined with that of the Police and Prisons Civil Rights Union, which was the first to put pen to paper, failed to cross the 50% + 1 threshold. Public Service Coordinating Bargaining Council general secretary Frikkie de Bruin said on Monday...
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