The wage increase offered to striking municipal workers was "meagre", the South African Municipal Workers’ Union told the <i>Mail & Guardian</i>.
Striking municipal workers have dropped their demand for an 18% salary increase to 10% — but local government does not seem inclined to bite.
While municipal workers in Gauteng were asking the premier to intervene in wage negotiations, strikers in Cape Town were denied permission to march.
Municipal workers will bring the Johannesburg city centre to a standstill this week, the South African Municipal Workers’ Union has said.
Rats jumping in their faces, dead babies in bins and infected fingers are some of the horrors they face every day, Cape Town rubbish collectors say.
At least 145 000 SA municipal workers started a strike on Monday aimed at shutting down services — including rubbish collection.
Ekurhuleni metro police say municipal workers must be be disciplined during their upcoming strike.
Almost 145 000 municipal workers will begin a countrywide strike on August 15, the South African Municipal Workers’ Union says.
Hopes of an end to the municipal workers’ strike were dashed on Tuesday night, with no resolution yet on a pay parity deal Samwu said.
A Kempton Park petrol station owner was whipped and stoned by protesting members of the Samwu on Thursday, after they started a fire near his station.
Acts of intimidation and the violent disruption of towns and cities were reported throughout the country during this week’s municipal strike.
A settlement has been reached — but not yet signed — in municipal workers’ wage negotiations, the South African Local Government Association said.
