Pikitup workers finally return to work
JOBURG – Pikitup, SAMWU, CCMA and the City of Joburg agree to end the unprotected strike.
A settlement agreement was reached between the CCMA, Samwu, Pikitup and the City of Joburg on 10 April to end the unprotected month-long strike.
Pikitup spokesperson Jacky Mashapu said that further negotiations will commence this week and that the negotiations would be facilitated by the CCMA.
“All protesting employees must return to work immediately and there will be an end to all acts of intimidation, violence, harassment and victimisation,” he added.
Workers have agreed to return to work with immediate effect ^LN
— Pikitup (@CleanerJoburg) April 10, 2016
He pointed out that a no-work-no-pay principle will apply and that Pikitup will deduct 50 per cent of striking workers salaries at the end of April. The remaining 50 per cent would be deducted over the next two months in 25 per cent tranches. “Pikitup will continue to use the services of private contractors in order to ensure that the waste backlog is cleared. We hope that all waste backlogs will be cleared by 30 April and normal services can resume once again,” Mashapu explained.
Parties commit to working together to resolve all outstanding issues using permissible avenues in law^LN
— Pikitup (@CleanerJoburg) April 10, 2016
Ward 89 Councillor Herman Mashaba questioned why Mayor Parks Tau took so long to resolve the strike and asked about the concessions the City of Joburg had to make to get workers back to work. “Will the no-work-no-pay principle apply, will workers who were positively identified damaging property and intimidating clean-up crews be fired and criminally charged?” Councillor Mashaba asked.
Mashaba said Mayor Parks Tau’s weak leadership posed a huge risk to the health and well-being of Johannesburg’s 4.4 million residents.
Parties acknowledge the need to continue to engage external service providers to work in unison with Pikitup employees to clear backlogs^LN
— Pikitup (@CleanerJoburg) April 10, 2016
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