Finance Minister Tito Mboweni is under pressure from ratings agencies, among others, to decrease the Public Service Wage Bill that’s been a burden on government spending for years now.
JOHANNESBURG - In a desperate move ahead of the Budget Speech on Wednesday, government has attempted to get out of a 2018 wage agreement with public servants.
In a statement issued on Tuesday night, the Congress of South African Trade Unions described the position paper tabled by government at the public service coordinating bargaining council on Tuesday as intransigent and reckless. According to the agreement signed by public sector unions, with the exception of the Public Service Association, either party to the deal could call for a review of its contents and government was cashing in.
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