The trade union NUPSAW conducted a peaceful protest action with its 80 members at Onderstepoort Biological Products (OBP) today to highlight the plights of our comrades. The action is a result of the reluctance of OPBPs management to meaningfully engage with NUPSAW in excess of 20 bargaining forum meetings internallyContinue Reading
Members of the Trade Union NUPSAW are in the midst of a full-blown strike at the Head Office of the National Lotteries Commission (previously known as the Lottery Board) in Pretoria. The strike is the result of a salary dispute between Labour, namely NUPSAW and NEHAWU and the Employer. TheContinue Reading
NUPSAW received yesterday (6 June) a Certificate of Non-resolution from the General Public Service Sector Bargaining Council which gives its members in the Department of Home Affairs the right to embark legally on industrial action after giving 7 days’ notice in terms of the Labour Relations Act, concerning amendments toContinue Reading
Public service unions collectively resolved to suspend the strike for 21-days last month following governments revised final offer of 7.5% Salary-Increase and R800 Housing-Allowance, period lapsed on Sep 27. The government signed the draft agreement on September 13, while unions were given till October 12 to conclude the signing. PendingContinue Reading
After four months of countless ineffective salary negotiations meetings between the employer and the unions, the employer refuses to meet the union’s demands. As a result, the union has resolved to embark on a strike action; with the overwhelming majority of the members voting in favour of a strike onContinue Reading
We have been taken from pillar to post by the government since the onset of the salary negotiations process in April, but that’s expected. Government has no conscience given a chance they will have us working for nothing, they will suffocate us. But we have endured this journey through theContinue Reading
Limpopo Fire Fighters take to the streets on Friday 10 November in protest of unnecessary outsourcing and their monthly salary of R2000 VENUE: LIMPOPO ENVIRONMENTAL AFFAIRS PROVINCIAL OFFICES The National Union of Public Service and Allied Workers condemn in the strongest terms the exploitation of Fire-Fighters in the country. TheContinue Reading