Unions representing the country’s more than 1.3-million public servants are this week expected to provide feedback on the revised three-year wage offer tabled by the state at the public service co-ordinating bargaining council (PSCBC).

Parties met on January 8 at the PSCBC where the government revised its wage offer from 4.7% to 5% for 2025/26, leading to public service unions revising their demands down to 6%. The unions cheekily started with an initial demand of 12%, revised down to 7.5%, which the government rejected...

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