Protest action by half of the South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) workforce will only start on Wednesday, the Media Workers’ Association of South Africa (Mwasa) said on Monday.
Earlier, it was reported that lunchtime picketing in a wage dispute would start on Monday.
But Mwasa spokesperson Ernest Dlamini said a media release announcing the labour action contained the wrong date.
”The picketing is going to start on Wednesday during lunchtime and continue on Thursday and Friday,” said Dlamini.
”Next week, Tuesday, we will be having a march,” he added.
Mwasa earlier said it expected all of its 600 workers to take part, while the Communication Workers’ Union (CWU) said about 1 000 of its members would participate.
The SABC has just more than 3 000 staff members.
The unions went to the Commission for Conciliation, Mediation and Arbitration when the SABC revised a 12,2% multi-term pay offer it was supposed to have implemented in April, to 8,5%.
The labour court in Johannesburg dismissed a bid by the SABC last week to stop its workers from striking.
The protesters were expected to picket around lunchtime, would not work overtime and would only do the duties in their job descriptions.
If there was no progress in negotiations with the employer, a complete stayaway would start on July 13, unions warned. — Sapa