Public sector workers to picket countrywide after collapse of wage talks
Workers in the public sector are expected to take part in pickets countrywide after wage talks collapsed. The pickets come amid growing threats of a strike action against government’s 3% wage offer. Last week, Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana’s Medium-Term Budget Policy Statement unilaterally accommodated a 3% increase in public wages. Several unions including Cosatu’s public sector unions and the PSA have criticised the move. The unions are demanding up to 10% […]
