Public servants demand 12% wage increase for 2025/26
Consumer inflation eased to 4.6% in July, the lowest rate since July 2021
04 September 2024 - 10:57
Public sector unions representing the country’s teachers, nurses, police and prison officials have tabled a list of joint demands for wage increases at a rate more than double that of inflation .
This underscores the tough negotiations ahead and has the potential to pit the more than 1.3-million public servants against the government of national unity (GNU), SA's largest employer...
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