The SA Municipal Workers Union (Samwu) says firefighters are being required to work long hours without any form of compensation.
Although City of Cape Town’s Mayoral Committee Member for
Safety and Security, Alderman JP Smith, rejects the allegations and also denied
wanting to fire 500 firefighters
The union has threatened to march to the Civic Centre on
Saturday in a bid to convince City bosses to not fire more than 500
firefighters and will also march in support of decent work and working
conditions.
The City said the current shift agreement, to which Samwu was
a signatory, had been declared valid and binding in terms of a Labor Court
judgment and remained in force until a new agreement was negotiated between the
parties.
A leaked email between Samwu and a City official, said that
it was willing and prepared and open to consider favorably a settlement offer
and concede that the firefighters accept the sanction of a final written
warning with a suspended sentence of four days’ unpaid leave.
By Everngelista Muza
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