SAMWU Begins Salary and Wage Negotiations

04 December 2017

SAMWU Begins Salary and Wage Negotiations

The South African Municipal Workers’ Union (SAMWU) has today began with salary and wage negotiations with the South African Local Government Association (SALGA), the employer body which represents municipalities across the country.

The negotiations which are currently underway at the South African Local Government Bargaining Council (SALGBC) are as a result of the main collective agreement signed in 2015 coming to an end in June 2018.

Trade unions have therefore submitted joint opening demands to the employer body which are as follows;

1. A single year agreement
2. An across the board 15% salary increase or R3155, whichever is greater.
3. R2000 housing allowance for all employees
4. R10 000 minimum wage for all municipal workers
5. All benefits and conditions of service linked to salaries to increase by the same percentage as the across the board salary increase.

The presented demands are a response to the situation which municipal workers find themselves in. We are convinced that municipal workers should be better remunerated so that they are able to keep up with the rising cost of living. We will therefore fight hard to ensure that municipal workers get increases which would enable them live a better life than they currently are, particularly given the fact that they are the least paid government employees.

Issued by SAMWU Secretariat

Simon Mathe
General Secretary
(079 887 8389)

Or

Moses Miya
Deputy General Secretary
(082 889 2169)

Or

Papikie Mohale
National Media Officer
073 710 0356