Unions agree to turn up to negotiating table

Imogen Vollenhoven
29June 2013

The South African Municipal Workers Union agreed at the National Executive Committee meeting that they will turn up the pressure because negotiations in the Local Government Sector have collapsed.

Samwu Spokesperson Tahir Sema said they are now mobilising its members with the purpose of engaging in industrial action as soon as possible. 

Sema said that the union has taken this decision due to the collate of negotiations between itself and the employee body SALGA.

He added that the body has negotiated in bad faith and due to that, other negotiations has collapsed.

Sema said that the union has taken this action in order to get the employer to come back to the negotiating table and find a solution to the dispute.