Unions have threatened to declare a dispute that could lead to a debilitating national strike if unresolved
The cash-strapped government, which is trying to reign in public spending, has until Friday to table a revised wage offer to its 1.3-million public servants, failing which the unions have threatened to declare a dispute that could lead to a debilitating national strike if unresolved.
The parties are set to meet at the public service co-ordinating bargaining council (PSCBC) on Friday, where the government previously argued that its 2% cost-of-living adjustment offer and the R1,000 after tax cash gratuity equated to 6.5% when combined, but unions are not sold...
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