Pikitup workers during a protest in Johannesburg's CBD, 2016. Picture: Tracy Lee Stark
The South African Municipal Workers’ Union (Samwu) yesterday tabled a list of grievances to back up its plan of mobilising members to stage a protest against the Joburg city council.
Although falling short of announcing a date for the campaign, regional secretary Bafana Zungu said the grievances were:
On the Metrobus strike, Zungu said union members would not participate in the labour action “but will not go to work for fear of being attacked by those on strike”.
Elaborating on the planned protest, he said the shop-stewards and “campaign committee on the ground is ready and mobilising for the strike”, to include most sectors of the municipality. These include clinics, libraries, Joburg Water, municipal police and Pikitup, among others.
However, Joburg mayor Herman Mashaba’s spokesperson, Luyanda Mfeka, denied Samwu’s subscription claims as being “without basis”.
“The truth is that the matter was heard as part of ongoing legal action brought before the Labour Court on June 6. This was subsequently postponed.”
The city also denied a claim that there were “pending matters” at the bargaining council related to performance management.
On corruption, Mfeka said: “To date, the city’s Group Forensic Investigation Services has investigated over 3 500 cases, involving a staggering R18 billion in fraud, corruption and maladministration. Of these, 709 people have been arrested.”
Mfeka confirmed the city has received no notice of the intended strike.
– brians@citizen.co.za
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