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The Labor Appeal Court dismissed a request from the public service unions to force the state to implement the third year of increases.
Sadtu members joined other unions in a march to union buildings on December 4. Image: @_cosatu.
JOHANNESBURG – The South African Union of Democratic Teachers (Sadtu) plans to go to the Constitutional Court to challenge a recent Labor Appeal Court ruling on pay increases.
The Labor Appeal Court dismissed a request from the public service unions to force the state to implement the third year of increases.
Reducing the public service wage bill is the central pillar of the government’s economic recovery plan, but the unions are pushing hard.
Sadtu’s Nkosana Dolopi said the promised increase must be implemented.
“The national executive committee then resolved to work with other public sector unions to make sure they take this matter beyond the Labor Appeals Court. Because when you protect freedom of association, you also protect collective bargaining. “
The meeting took place in a week when the Labor Appeals Court rejected the request of the public service unions to force the government to implement Clause 3.3 of Resolution 1 of 2018 that would have granted salary increases to public servants by 2020.
SADTU National. (@SadtuNational) December 19, 2020
The NEC took note of the ruling, but criticized the fact that the Court did not consider the alternatives that the Labor Party had put forward, such as the gradual implementation of the resolution.
SADTU National. (@SadtuNational) December 19, 2020
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