COSATU Gauteng To Picket at the Constitutional Court and the Department of Public Service and Administration

LABOUR federation COSATU in Gauteng will be picketing at the Constitutional Court on Tuesday in defence of collective bargaining.

This comes after government reneged on the implementation of the last leg of Public Service Co-ordinating Bargaining Council (PSCBC) Resolution 1 of 2018, and took public sector unions to the labour court that ruled in favour of the government.

According to the 2018 wage agreement that expires this year, workers in salary levels one to seven were meant to receive 5.4% in increases, salary level eight to 10 – 4.9% while those on 11 and 12 should have received 4.4%.

The Public Service Bargaining Council had cancelled all meetings due to the COVID-19 lockdown.

“Collective bargaining is enshrined in the Constitution of the Republic of South Africa and the Labour Relations Act and will be defended. The government has turned against workers and the working class through austerity measures which are