GOVERNMENT and the National Education, Health and Allied Workers Union (Nehawu) have agreed to continue engagement on issues concerning collective bargaining and workplace conditions in the public sector, particularly in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic.
The agreement follows a high-level meeting between President Cyril Ramaphosa and the national office-bearers of the public-sector trade union, including the union’s President, Mzwandile Makwayiba, first Deputy President Mike Shingange, second Deputy President Nyameka Macanda, National Treasurer Kgomotso Makhupola and General Secretary Zola Saphetha.
The meeting followed the union’s submission of a memorandum to the President relating to, among others, improving occupational health and safety uniformly in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic, conditions of service more broadly and implementation of clause 3.3 of Public Service Coordinating Bargaining Council (PSCBC) Resolution 1 of 2018, which deals with salary adjustments for the 2020/21 financial year, and which is currently the subject of litigation, according a
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