THE South African Municipal Workers’ Union (SAMWU) has postponed its strike action at Rand Water to allow the Commission for Conciliation and Arbitration to arbitrate in the legal matter between the worker and the employer.
The decision to postpone the strike comes after the Labour Court on Wednesday dismissed an interdict by Rand Water against SAMWU calling the picket illegal and unlawful.
The judge at the Labour Court lambasted Rand Water for failing to meet with the union to solve this issue as a matter of urgency.
The judge further urged parties to meet and come up with a settlement agreement.
Workers downed tools on Wednesday over working conditions, including withdrawing incentive bonuses that workers had been receiving for the last 17 years.
“As per the settlement agreement which had become an order of the court, the employer has agreed to withdraw the memorandum which unilaterally changed the conditions of
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