Johannesburg - The country’s biggest public sector union, the National Education, Health and Allied Workers’ Union , will square off against the government next Wednesday to fight for the salary increases of state employees.
”We shall wait for the decision of the arbitration which will be facilitated by the PSCBC on the 17th June 2020 as it was referred by our national office bearers,” the union announced on Friday. ”We further call all Cosatu affiliates to be more united particularly during this difficult moment because employers both from the public and private sector are on an offensive attack using Covid-19 as an excuse to manipulate and exploit workers,” the union stated.
Nehawu maintained that the entire public service has been at the forefront of serving the country under very difficult conditions during the Covid-19 pandemic and that it was unthinkable for the government has decided not to give its employees what is due to them as per the agreement signed in 2018.
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