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METROBUS STRIKE (26 MAY 2009)

SAMWU Press Statement

Johannesurg 26 May 2009

The Central Executive Committee sitting today in Boksburg considered a report about the ongoing Metrobus strike.

Salgbc Wage Negotiations 2009 (15 MAY)

SAMWU Press Statement

CAPE TOWN 15 MAY 2009

The third round of wage negotiations for 230 000 municipal workers ended with little progress being made. The facilitator, Yunis Shaik, noted that the South African Local Government Association (Salga) representing 280 municipalities had improved by finally submitting a detailed counterproposal to the the Trade Unions, South African Municipal Workers’ Union (Samwu) and the Independent Municipal and Allied Trade Union (Imatu) representing jointly 90% of workers in the local government sector raised the following demands:

SAMWU Press Statement

Durban 30 – 31 March 2009

The first round of wage negotiations for 230 000 municipal workers ended in shambles yesterday. The facilitator, Yunis Shaik, ruled that the South African Local Government Association (Salga) representing 280 municipalities had failed to observe basic principles in preparation for the first round of negotiations. They had failed to abide by the constitution of the South African Local Government Bargaining Council by responding to the demands of the trade unions by 15 February 2009. Up until the start of negotiations they had not responded to the unions’ demands. Salga had also not responded to the unions’ request for financial information about wages and conditions of service that will assist the bargaining process.

SAMWU Press Statement

PRETORIA 30 APRIL 2009

The second round of wage negotiations for 230 000 municipal workers ended with little progress being made. The facilitator, Yunis Shaik, noted that the South African Local Government Association (Salga) representing 280 municipalities had improved by finally submitting a detailed counterproposal to the the Trade Unions, South African Municipal Workers’ Union (Samwu) and the Independent Municipal and Allied Trade Union (Imatu) representing jointly 90% of workers in the local government sector raised the following demands:

Wage negotiations 2009

SAMWU Press Statement February 2009 Wage negotiations for 200 000 municipal workers are set to start in February this year. The three-year agreement entered into in 2006 expires in July and parties are now preparing to commence negotiations under the auspices of the South African Local Government Bargaining Council (SALGBC).
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Police shoot 1000 striking workers in Secunda, Mpumalanga

SAMWU Press Statement 11:51am Monday 30th June 2008 SECUNDA, MPUMALANGA - All 1000 SAMWU members in Govan Mbeki municipality have gone on strike and are marching.
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