ESKOM’s wage talks with unions have collapsed, forcing the power utility to declared a dispute with the CCMA because, it says, it can’t offer a wage hike above 1.5 percent.
The National Union of Mineworkers (NUM)’s acting General Secretary William Mabapa confirmed on Wednesday that Eskom has indeed declared a dispute with the trade unions.
Mabapa said the NUM will wait for the CCMA date for conciliation.
He added that the trade unions are optimistic that the CCMA process will be able to resolve this dispute.
“The NUM conditionally reviewed its demands yesterday to 10%, with a condition that Eskom must make a proper offer. Now that Eskom has failed to make an offer they revert back to its original demands of 15%, closing the Apartheid Wage Gap, conditions of services and organizational rights,” said Mabapa.
“The NUM is extremely angered and disturbed after Eskom GCE Andre De Ruyter released
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