THE National Education, Health and Allied Workers’ Union (Nehawu) has threatened action should the National Treasury fail to table suitable wage increases when it delivers its Medium Term Budget Policy Statement (MTBPS) on Thursday.
Nehawu is one of South Africa’s largest labour unions and represents nearly 280,000 members across both the public and private sectors.
In a media briefing on Tuesday, the labour union said that it would not accept ‘petty’ increases from the government and that it rejects the 1.5% pay increase tabled for public servants in the 2022/2023 financial year.
“Our congress has sent out a clear message to the government that we remain resolute in the rejection of the petty allowances in substitution for a real wage increase,” it said.
“We are a union of workers, whose basic reason for existing in the first place is to improve workers’ salaries, reduce the rate of exploitation and to
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