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DENOSA warns Treasury to back off from inciting violence by wanting to renege on implementing salary increase for the final year of the agreement (2020/2021) for government workers
Media statement
Wednesday, 26 February 2020
The Democratic Nursing Organisation of South Africa (DENOSA) is disgusted by yet another act of mischief and undermining of the collective bargaining agreement by government which tabled a proposal to offer a zero increase for final year of the public sector salary agreement (2020/2021) at the bargaining chamber yesterday, which organised labour rejected outright.
This happens not long after the Independent Commission for the Remuneration of Public Office Bearers has recommended that public representatives at national, provincial, and local government levels, members of the judiciary and magistrates and traditional leaders, be remunerated from 3% to 4% more, backdated to 2019.
In essence, government is becoming the first to break this collective agreement especially clause 3.3 of Resolution 1 of 2018 on salary adjustment which says the salary adjustment for the period 1 April 2020 to 31 March 2021, effective from 1 April 2020, for employees on salary levels 1-12 will be as follows:
- Level 1 to 7: Projected CPI + 1.0%
- Level 8 – 10: Projected CPI + 0.5%
- Level 11 – 12: Projected CPI
Government regards the collective bargaining platform as a joke. Organised labour is dealing with a government that has no respect for collective bargaining agreements. The meeting called at the bargaining chamber ended and organised labour rejected this nonsense and expects government to be respectful enough to honour this agreement come 1 April 2020. Government workers need no mobilization to strike as they were never happy with this agreement in the first place.
We warn that once Finance Minister, Tito Mboweni, speaks untruth in today’s Budget Speech in Parliament about intending to offer no salary increase to public servants this year, as a means to please other people, he must know that he has declared war between government and labour.
For too long, government has been flirting with labour unrest, which began with:
- Threats to cut 30% of public servants personnel numbers;
- Followed by a threat to cut 10% of public servants’ salaries; and
- A threat to cut performance bonuses.
DENOSA warns government not to start what it cannot finish. What about high vacancy rates of nurses and other public servants that remain unfilled in government hospitals and clinics?
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Issued the Democratic Nursing Organisation of South Africa (DENOSA)
For more information, contact:
Cassim Lekhoathi, DENOSA Acting General Secretary
Mobile: 082 328 9671
Simon Hlungwani, DENOSA President
Mobile: 082 328 9635
Website: www.denosa.org.za
Facebook: DENOSA National Page
Twitter: @DENOSAORG
