The South African Federation of Trade Unions (Saftu) has urged public service unions not to accept the 7.5 percent wage offer put on the table by government. ECRNewsWatch KZN
It says it's disappointed that more then half the public service unions agreed to the package - ending the protracted wage negotiations for the 2021/2022 financial year."It is important to explain the intricacies in order to unmask the misleading presentation of this offer to the public servants. In this wage offer for 2023/24, the government is tabling a 3% as a new offer.""The 4,5% is merely a carry-over of the cash gratuity which has been paid to workers since 2021.
"It is in this context that Saftu supports the minority unions that are rejecting this offer, in favour of a more modest increase that takes into account the CPI rate and the losses of the past four years."
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