Nehawu: ANC has shown ‘arrogance and disdain’ in wage offer
By Thuletho Zwane —
“Nehawu says the ANC is taking workers for a ride after the government revised ts initial wage offer from 5.8% to 5% at the bargaining council.”
On Monday, the National Education, Health and Allied Workers’ Union (Nehawu) Nehawu called the revision of government’s initial tabled offer of 5.8% to 5% “the worst form of arrogance and disdain” the employer has shown to the workers in 20 years and said the refusal by government to negotiate fairly would only serve to poison the relations between labour and government.
In an interview with the Mail & Guardian on Tuesday, Nehawu spokesperson Sizwe Pamla said the unions were “very stunned and troubled” when the employer reversed its offer claiming that 5% was a projected average CPI for the 2015/16. “We are not keen on strikes but we are being provoked,” he said. “They [the ANC] went to the IMF [International Monetary Fund] to talk about the excessive wage bill but they never talked to us.”
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