SAMWU Calls SALGA’s R233 Salary Increase An ‘Insult’ To Municipal Workers

HE SA Municipal Workers Union (SAMWU) has described a salary increase of R233 by the South African Local Government Association (SALGA) as “laughable” and an “insult” to municipal workers.

This follows a meeting this week in the South African Local Government Bargaining Council (SALGBC) wherein trade unions and the employer representative, SALGA, met to discuss salaries and wages for workers under the auspices of the SALGBC.

The meeting followed the first meeting held by parties in February this year where unions formally presented their mandated demands in the bargaining council.

“The offer by SALGA comes as spit in the faces of municipal workers who have carried this country throughout the pandemic and continued ensuring that the delivery of quality services is not disrupted or interrupted despite workers facing the greater risk of contracting COVID-19 in the workplace as a result of the incompetence and reluctance of employers to ensure that