PHUTI MOSOMANE
THE Academic and Professional Staff Association (APSA) general secretary professor Boitumelo Senokoane says the union is preparing its members at Sefako Makgatho Health Sciences University to embark on a strike action on Thursday.
The union decided to embark on a strike action for wage increases after they were granted a certificate of non-resolution following a declaration of dispute that came after 3 months of wage negotiations and mediation by the CCMA failed to resolve the wage dispute.
“The employer is intransigent, unwilling to move from their initial offer of 5.7%. Our members mandated us to demand 7%, based on the assessment of the rising cost of living. Inflation remains elevated above 7% in the past few months, and the South African Reserve Bank has forecasted an average 6,2% inflation rate for 2023. Given the elevated risks of inflation, the annualised average forecast by SARB may be an under-forecast,”
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