Samwu wants same wage hike in Ekurhuleni as in Tshwane
The 6.25% wage increase is slightly more than three times the consumer price inflation of 2.1% recorded in May
27 July 2020 - 15:42
Emboldened by the above inflation wage increase it got in Tshwane last week, SA municipal Workers Union (Samwu) members marched on the Ekurhuleni metro offices on Monday demanding a similar increase.
Samwu deputy general secretary Dumisane Magagula told Business Day that their protests would “spread like wildfire” across the country if municipal bosses did not stick to a wage agreement crafted at the SA Local Government Bargaining Council in 2018. Municipalities in the Eastern Cape, Free State and Mpumalanga have already implemented the 6.25% wage agreement...
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