THE country’s largest health sector union, the National Education, Health and Allied Workers’ Union (NEHAWU), has vowed to wage war with government over salary increases for public servants.
This comes after comments by Public Service and Administration Minister Senzo Mchunu on Thursday that the government simply has no money to implement a wage increase for public servants.
Mchunu made it clear government is standing by its zero percent salary increase, with government and labour returning to the Bargaining Council today.
Nehawu accused Mchunu of returning to negotiations in bad faith and has proven beyond doubt that government cannot be trusted.
“We lost trust in our democratically elected government when it started to renege on binding collective agreements,” said Nehawu spokesperson Khaya Xaba.
“While the Minister insisted that we should allow the Council to deliberate and conclude on the ongoing salary negotiations, that did not stop him from
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