Pretoria News reports that the federal council of the Democratic Alliance (DA) has undertaken to investigate last week’s deal between the City of Tshwane and labour unions to pay workers an ex gratia once-off payout.
Federal chairperson James Selfe expressed unhappiness about the rationale behind the agreement that will see the City paying a total of R380m to the workers, who will receive between R7,000 and R15,000, depending on their level. On Monday, Selfe indicated: I just want to understand for the sake of ourselves and the leadership of the party what actually transpired and what the implications of the deal will be.” He expressed concerns about the deal, saying he was worried about its legal standing. The deal was reached following last week’s unlawful strike by workers who demanded an 18% salary increase, saying that the same rate had been given to senior managers. Part of the agreement that led to the ending of the strike was that the 18% granted to the 64 top managers would be terminated. The parties also agreed that within the next two months a dedicated task team would conduct a benchmarking exercise on the pay scales of other metro municipalities in order to develop a pay scale for the city’s employees.
- Read the full original of the above story by Rapula Moatshe at Pretoria News
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