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GroundUp reports that the SA Municipal Workers’ Union (Samwu) in Buffalo City Metropolitan Municipality (BCMM) has called off its week-long strike and instructed members to return to work.
The strike stemmed from failed negotiations with municipal management to address workers’ grievances, including outsourcing and casualisation of work, failure to pay incentives promised during Covid, and salary disparities with other cities. Samwu’s Zolani Ndlela told a gathering of workers at the Orient Theatre in East London that the strike had been a success and advised: “The employer has agreed to resolve all the issues that led to the strike, and we have agreed on timeframes for resolving these issues.”
Samwu Regional Secretary Thando Poni said that initially workers were not going to be paid for the days they were on strike, but the metro’s management had agreed to pay workers their full salaries. He added that the municipality has committed to reducing outsourcing, particularly in areas that did not require scarce skills. Some issues around Covid incentives have yet to be resolved, but a “danger pay” allowance could be paid to some workers. BCMM spokesperson Bongani Fuzile confirmed that an agreement had been reached.
- Read the full original of the report in the above regard by Johnnie Isaac at GroundUp
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