SAMWU Embarks On Countrywide Consultations To Update Municipal Workers On Salary Negotiations

THE South African Municipal Workers’ Union (Samwu) announced on Thursday that it will be embarking on countrywide membership consultations following the conclusion of yet another round of salary and wage negotiations for municipal workers in the South African Local Government Bargaining Council (SALGBC).

The public sector union says the purpose of these consultations will be to give members feedback on the developments in the negotiations wherein the employer body, the South African Local Government Association (SALGA), presented various scenarios for consideration by parties in the SALGBC.

“As a mandate driven organization, we are duty bound to convene these meetings which will take place as constituency meetings in all workplaces across the country wherein the scenarios presented by the employer would be given to members for a decision to be made on the way forward,” said SAMWU’s deputy general secretary Dumisane Magagula.

“Since the first round of negotiations and as mandated