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SAMWU dismisses fraudulent propaganda by SALGA

SAMWU dismisses fraudulent propaganda by SALGA

SAMWU PRESS STATEMENT.
13th April 2010.

SAMWU would like to dismiss the fraudulent propaganda by SALGA that was directed at the union. SAMWU’s National Strike action attracted 10’s of thousands of members countrywide. The union is generally happy with the participation of its members in the strike action; 80% of our members have heeded the call for strike action. SAWMU members are frustrated with SALGA’s delays and evasions that have been going on for the past 7 years.

Workers have wanted to go on strike on the demands we put forward to Local Government for a very long time. SAMWU has been through all the processes of bargaining and we have exhausted our options. SAMWU members nationally want their reasonable and legitimate demands to be resolved as soon as possible.

SAMWU PRESS STATEMENT.
13th April 2010.

This morning in the Johannesburg Labour Court SALGA was forced to withdraw its court application to declare the municipal strike unlawful. The advice of the Labour Court judge was that SALGA’s case was completely without merit and risked being dismissed with contempt. SALGA is now forced to pay for SAMWU’s entire legal costs.

SAMWU’s Collective Bargaining Officer, Dale Forbes, commented that “this is typically what we have come to expect from SALGA: irresponsible abuse of taxpayers’ money without any attempt to deal with the real issues. We call on SALGA now that its legal campaign has been proven to be hopelessly flawed and SAMWU’s contention, that it had followed all due processes has been vindicated to seriously apply itself to the issues at hand. We must have pay parity at municipal level. We must have an effective job evaluation system in place. We must have appropriate salaries for all local government workers and lawyers and retired judges must remove themselves from internal disciplinary matters.”

SAMWU National Press conference

SAMWU National Press conference on issues relating to National Strike tomorrow

SAMWU PRESS STATEMENT.
12th April 2010.

SAMWU the largest local government union in the sector will be calling a press conference tomorrow at 2pm sharp at its national office. The purpose of the press conference will be to address issues relating to the national strike action we have called, that has begun today 12th April 2010.

SAMWU will be opposing another urgent court interdict by the South African Local Government Association (SALGA) tomorrow morning in the labour court. SALGA is planning to derail the SAMWU national strike action.

The SAMWU urgent national press conference will take place today at 2:30pm and not at 1pm. The reason for the time change is because the SAMWU leadership is still in court trying to oppose the interdict brought by the South African Local Government Association (SALGA). SALGA is trying to derail the proposed National Strike action by SAMWU’s 130 000 members on Monday.

The court proceedings started this morning and have been delayed by SALGA. SAMWU will be giving a full report back on the court proceedings and all other issues relating to the national strike action at the press conference this afternoon at 2:30pm

SAMWU will oppose SALGA court interdict

SAMWU PRESS STATEMENT.
09th April 2010.

SAMWU will this morning oppose a court interdict brought by the South African Local Government Association (SALGA) in a bid to derail the proposed National Strike action by SAMWU’s 130 000 members on Monday.

This after the South African Local Government Association (SALGA) requested an urgent meeting with the largest local government union SAMWU on Wednesday to discuss our announcement of a national strike that would bring 130 000 of our members to the streets on Monday.

SAMWU MEMBERS MARCH ON STELLENBOSCH MUNICPALITY – DA/ID REFUSE TO SUSPEND ALLEDGED RACIST MANAGER

SAMWU PRESS STATEMENT
09th April 2010.

Hundreds of workers in Stellenbosch Municipality are calling for the suspension of the Acting Municipal manager for an alleged racist e-mail.

SAMWU calls for the immediate suspension of the Acting Municipal Manager of Stellenbosch Municipality for sending the alleged racist e-mail.

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