NUPSAW STATEMENT ON THE EASING OF COVID-19 LOCKDOWN TO LEVEL 2 BY GOVERNMENT FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 17 AUGUST 2020 The National Union of Public Service and Allied Workers (NUPSAW) warmly welcomes the announcement by the President, on Saturday, 16 August 2020 to easy the lockdown regulations. However, theContinue Reading
NUPSAW WELCOMES PARTIAL VICTORY FOR GAUTENG COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKERS (CHWs) FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 03 AUGUST 2020 The National Union of Public Service and Allied Workers (NUPSAW) warmly welcomes the partial victory for the Community Health Workers in Gauteng Province and congratulate MEC Bandile Masuku for his decision to implementContinue Reading
NUPSAW CONCERNED ABOUT THE SAFETY OF EMPLOYEES AT DISCHEM IN MIDRAND AFTER POSITIVE CASE FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 09 JUNE 2020 The National Union of Public Service and Allied Workers (NUPSAW) is gravely concerned about the health and safety of workers at the Dischem, Midrand warehouse after a worker testedContinue Reading
NUPSAW CONDEMNS NATIONAL PROSECUTING AUTHORITY (NPA) FOR DISCRIMINATION AGAINST BLACK PROSECUTORS The National Union of Public Service and Allied Workers (NUPSAW) is extremely concerned that the NPA has aimed to ignore the cries of prosecutors within its offices in the Eastern Cape. The NPA plays a critical role in ensuringContinue Reading
NUPSAW TO STOP WORK AT FAR EAST RAND UNLESS PROTECTIVE MEASURES AGAINST CORONAVIRUS ARE PROVIDED FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 03 June 2020 Following our picket outside the Far East Rand Hospital (FERH) today was the latest escalation in a series of growing tensions between health care workers across theContinue Reading
The National Union of Public Service and Allied Workers (NUPSAW) demand that as the COVID-19 pandemic increases and as the nation goes into Level 4 of the lockdown, the government to ensure more screening and personal protective equipment (PPE) for all the workers is done, including the necessary preventative andContinue Reading
The National Union of Public Service and Allied Workers (NUPSAW) is extremely angered by the non-compliance with the Occupational Health and Safety Act (OHSA) and lockdown regulations by the Bertha Gxowa Hospital and Steve Biko Hospital Management. NUPSAW will be taking a decisive action against the Hospital Chief Executive OfficersContinue Reading
The National Union of Public Service and Allied Workers (NUPSAW) is extremely concerned and angered by the uncaring and openly selfish decision by Dischem to increase prices, while it has neglected the workers’ demands during the covid-19 crisis. It is embarrassing to see big companies beginning to be more andContinue Reading
The National Union of the Public Service and Allied Workers (NUPSAW) welcomes the President’s address on the issue of COVID19 and announcing a stimulus package of R500bn. However, NUPSAW is concerned that the government has forgotten important role of the Community Health Workers (CHWs) and other essential workers. CommunityContinue Reading
The National Union of Public Service and Allied Services condemns Dr S.Z Mathaba East Rand Hospital CEO for embarking on recruitment of staff and disregard of lockdown regulations. NUPSAW will be opening a case against the Hospital CEO for violation and breaking the regulations of Disaster Management Act. We alsoContinue Reading
The National Union of Public Service and Allied Workers (NUPSAW) is extremely disappointed by the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA’s) failure to provide transparency about the possibilities of workers contracting the COVID-19 after the Supervisor got into contact with someone with COVID-19. There continues to be inconsistency on what information theContinue Reading