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
NUPSAW received feedback from Dis-Chem
NUPSAW received feedback from Dis-Chem late last night on our submissions and communications to them. NUPSAW is now trying to secure a meeting with Dis-Chem Pharmacies to finalise and sign the agreement that NUPSAW will table so that workers can go back to work.Continue Reading
NUPSAW is appalled by the treatment of ECD practitioners
The National Union of Public Service and Allied Workers (NUPSAW) handed over a memorandum to the Office of the State President demanding a stop to the practice of transferring funds to Early Childhood Development Centres who pay themselves fat salaries every month, but forcing workers to live below the lower-boundContinue Reading
Early Childhood Development Practitioners march to Union Buildings
Early Childhood Development Practitioners who are NUPSAW members from Limpopo, went to the streets of Pretoria to demonstrate their frustrations on Tuesday, 05 March 2019. The ECD Practitioners marched to Union Buildings to hand over a memorandum of demands to the office of the president. They are waiting for aContinue Reading