PUBLIC sector unions say they are planning to strike following a breakdown in negotiations with the government over wage increases.
The unions, which form part of the South African Federation of Trade Unions (Saftu), picketed outside the Public Service Co-ordinating Bargaining Council (PSCBC) on Tuesday (20 September), protesting the wage offer of a 3% increase.
Workers are demanding an 8% hike.
“After the last sitting of the PSCBC, the employer proposed a 3% pay increase which we presented to our members. Workers made it very clear that they reject the offer,” the unions said.
Public servants have gone three years with little to no increase in salaries after National Treasury committed to cutting the country’s public wage bill. The government reneged on its agreed wage increase for 2020 when it froze salaries in response to the Covid-19 pandemic.
Government workers received no increase in 2020 and a small 1.5% bump
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