Dis-Chem workers and CHW March
Who is presiding as commissioner over our Dis-Chem member’s arbitration hearings? One of NUPSAW grievances is that she uses her agency, Labour Elite agency when she is handling the arbitration hearings on the charges that Dis-Chem holds against our members. The charges they have against us are about NUPSAW membersContinue Reading
PHSDSBC: Vote Weights Report
The matter on revised vote weights for the National Union of Public Service and Allied Workers (NUPSAW) in the Public Health and Social Development Sectoral Bargaining Council (PHSDSBC) was set on the 03 May 2019 before Commissioner Mohammed Rajah. We objected to him presiding over the case since he wasContinue Reading
RAMAPHOSA BETRAYED WORKING CLASS ON MAY DAY
How could Cyril Ramaphosa, as president and seasoned trade unionist, insult and humiliate the working class by promoting on Workers Day the National Minimum Wage Bill that sets the current minimum wage at R3500? He even went so far as to congratulate the sell-out union NEHAWU who was the instigatorContinue Reading
KZN Disaster: Call to assist with acts of kindness
NUPSAW calls on all its members in KZN who have not been affected by the disasters caused by rain and floods to actively work with the community by giving help and support to those in need. Be it with food, clothes, blankets, toiletries, accommodation, transport or any act of kindness.OurContinue Reading
We will not succumb to Dis-Chem’s hostile threats
The strike at Dis-Chem Pharmacies which had its offset on 16 November 2018 officially ended today, 10 April 2019, with workers going back to work. Dis-Chem announced that many of the strikers will be dismissed and that disciplinary action will be taken for misconduct during the strike. However, as muchContinue Reading
Early retirement of Public Servants
Early Retirement of Public Servants without penalization of pension benefits. On 4 April 2018 the Employer made a presentation during the negotiations in the PSCBC facilitation process, quoting President Ramaphosa’s statement during the State of the Nation Address as follows: “Growth, development and transformation depend on a strong and capable state.Continue Reading
Salary adjustments 2019/2020
Public service co-ordinating bargaining council (pscbc) resolution 1 of 2018: agreement on the salary adjustments and improvements on conditions of service in the public service for the period 2019/2020. PSCBC Resolution 1 of 2018 provides among others for the following cost of living adjustments for employees on salary levels 1Continue Reading
Agreement reached at Dis-Chem
All the disputes and ongoing strike between NUPSAW and DIS-CHEM PHARMACIES has been settled on 27 March 2019. The parties agreed in short as follows: Date to Return to Work The employees will return to work on 10 April 2019, which is officially called the End Date of the strike,Continue Reading
CHWs want to be recognised as public servants
About 500 Community healthcare workers in Cape Town who are NUPSAW members marched to the Western Cape, Health Department to hand over a memorandum. This comes after Nupsaw realized that even though an agreement on the standardization of remuneration had been signed our members in the Western Cape are notContinue Reading
PRASA hides behind criminality for its insufficiency
”The Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa (PRASA) just like all state-owned enterprises in South Africa is slowly deteriorating unfortunately at the expense of the poorer and tax paying South Africans while the management continues to bag fat salaries and tenders. It is a sad reality that commuters are facedContinue Reading