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Seale said that the reports from these task forces will be presented at the next meeting of the two groups to develop solutions in the interests of workers, the public sector, the nation and the economy in general.
Representing the government, along with Ramaphosa, were the Minister in the Presidency Jackson Mthembu, the Minister of Employment and Labor Thulas Nxesi, the Minister of Administration and Public Service Senzo Mchunu and the Deputy Minister of Health, Dr. Joe Phaahla.
The union president, Mzwandile Makwayiba, and his two deputies, Mike Shingange and Nyameka Macanda, the national treasurer Kgomotso Makhupola and the general secretary Zola Saphetha represented Nehawu.
The meeting followed the union’s submission of a memorandum to the government on September 3 in which it gave Ramaphosa a week to respond to their demands.
Part of Nehawu’s demands to improve safety in the workplace is the acquisition and provision of adequate PPE for frontline workers, based on “credible total workforce figures” and the type of work performed by categories. occupational of employees.
“We [also] Require the government to urgently fill all vacant positions in the public health sector and ensure that we begin to build the pillars for the implementation of the National Health Insurance. [NHI] scheme, ”the union said.
Nehawu members held a protest at Union Buildings on Monday, demanding an “adequate and positive” response from Ramaphosa.
“Unfortunately, since we submitted the demands memorandum to the president, he has not responded to our demands as he was given seven days to reply that it expired on September 10,” Nehawu spokesman Khaya Xaba said at the time.
The union has previously said it would be difficult to convince its members, who are going through difficult times due to decisions made by ANC members in government, to vote for the same party in next year’s local government elections.
Xaba said that the issue of wage increases is more important as frontline workers are now subject to poverty.
