SAMWU Demands Vaccine Rollout For Municipal Workers

THE South Africa Municipal Workers Union (Samwu) has called on government to accelerate its vaccination programme and give jabs to all municipal workers in South Africa.

“Given the fact that municipal workers are in the coalface of service delivery and that their nature of work mostly requires interactions with residents and other workers, the PEC is of the view that more needs to be done to protect the lives and health of municipal workers so to ensure that services are not interrupted especially during a time when the country is facing a surge in infections,” said SAWMU.

“Last year when the country was placed on a hard lockdown by government, we were told that municipal workers are essential service workers and as such they should be reporting for during the lockdown. Now when a vaccine is available and the rolling out thereof has begun, there is no single mention of