Nehawu vows 'mother of all fights' if Treasury freezes public servants' wages

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Cosatu’s biggest affiliate and largest public sector union, the National Education, Health and Allied Workers’ Union (Nehawu), has rejected the government’s plans to freeze public servants' wages.


This follows Deputy Finance Minister David Masondo’s utterances at an investor conference last week that the government was seriously considering freezing public servants’ wage in order to achieve savings in the wage bill.


Nehawu described Masondo’s statements as “ill-advised”.


"We vehemently reject the intended freezing of our members and workers’ wages because Treasury has so far this year spent about R128 billion trying to bail out the shambolically managed Eskom. Workers cannot suffer because of the country’s stagnant economic performance and low tax receipts,” the union stated.


Nehawu warned that it was going to pick a fight with the National Treasury.


"We will also demand to know why Treasury is not reducing the massive funds, growing exponentially going out to tenders and why are they not restructuring the bureaucracy of the free-loading state-owned enterprises,” Nehawu said on Wednesday.

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Cosatu’s biggest affiliate and largest public sector union, Nehawu, has rejected the government’s plans to freeze public servants' wages.

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[BBSA]

 

[ToxicBunny]

Nehawu... You will lose. Look at the unions in SAA right now. They're having a little cry in their corner

 

[Urist]

"and why are they not restructuring the bureaucracy of the free-loading state-owned enterprises"
That's rich, coming from a public service union.

Freezing salaries is stealing... rather retrench.

 

[thestaggy]

We vehemently reject the intended freezing of our members and workers’ wages because Treasury has so far this year spent about R128 billion trying to bail out the shambolically managed Eskom. Workers cannot suffer because of the country’s stagnant economic performance and low tax receipts,” the union stated.

Go ask your mates at NUM and NUMSA why nothing has been done about Eskom.

Unions are stage 4 cancer to this country.

 

[The Trutherizer]

So... What's different from every other year? Even if they get what they want now then next year it will be "the mother of all fights" for yet another above inflation raise. And the next year, and the next year. The same as every year.
It's really why we are in this mess instead of being in a position to deal with a bit of rough economic water.

 

[Supervan II]

"and why are they not restructuring the bureaucracy of the free-loading state-owned enterprises"
That's rich, coming from a public service union.

Freezing salaries is stealing... rather retrench.

BS. I'd rather have a job, albeit at the same salary, than no job at all.

 

[NarrowBandFtw]

BS. I'd rather have a job, albeit at the same salary, than no job at all.

if you shouldn't have the job in the first place you are stealing from the taxpayer

I believe that was the point

 

[Willie Trombone]

BS. I'd rather have a job, albeit at the same salary, than no job at all.

Believe me, the Unions disagree with you. They'd fight about that too.

 

[The_Right_Honourable_Brit]

Civil servants are relatively well-remunerated in this country....they don't need more above-inflation increases!

 

[Jopie Fourie]

This is a matter of maths, which failed each and ever South African. You cannot pay more more government salaries than taxes coming in. Thus, you cannot keep employing people. Rather sit with a 99% unemployment figure and use your military to oppress any uprising. There is no other solution. The ANC broke the country.

 

[Supervan II]

if you shouldn't have the job in the first place you are stealing from the taxpayer

I believe that was the point

Er, I meant to add a legitimate job ...

 

[Supervan II]

This is a matter of maths, which failed each and ever South African. You cannot pay more more government salaries than taxes coming in. Thus, you cannot keep employing people. Rather sit with a 99% unemployment figure and use your military to oppress any uprising. There is no other solution. The ANC broke the country.

And then people wonder why the government wants to disarm its citizens of their legally-owned firearms?

Stand by ...

 

[access]

This is a matter of maths, which failed each and ever South African. You cannot pay more more government salaries than taxes coming in. Thus, you cannot keep employing people. Rather sit with a 99% unemployment figure and use your military to oppress any uprising. There is no other solution. The ANC broke the country.

dude you can rob our military by knife point... have you been to the cape...

 

[TheChamp]

Civil servants are relatively well-remunerated in this country....they don't need more above-inflation increases!

Relatively well renumerated compared to who?

 

[access]

Relatively well renumerated compared to who?

South Africa’s public sector wage bill compared to the US, UK, and China

Public sector wage bills are one of the largest drains on the national budget, accounting for nearly R550 billion.

mybroadband.co.za

well heres some info

 

[Jopie Fourie]

Relatively well renumerated compared to who?

The problem with communism is that they always want to compare everything with everything and then look for an excuse to justify it. As example, they cannot understand why a street cleaner should get R4,000 a month while a Neuro-surgeon should get R2m a month. They will be happy if both earned R500 a month.

 

[ToxicBunny]

This is a matter of maths, which failed each and ever South African. You cannot pay more more government salaries than taxes coming in. Thus, you cannot keep employing people. Rather sit with a 99% unemployment figure and use your military to oppress any uprising. There is no other solution. The ANC broke the country.

Yeah somehow I think you have zero clue about how that reality would actually play out.

 

[TheChamp]

South Africa’s public sector wage bill compared to the US, UK, and China

Public sector wage bills are one of the largest drains on the national budget, accounting for nearly R550 billion.

mybroadband.co.za

well heres some info

Useless info, but thanks anyway.

 

[TheChamp]

The problem with communism is that they always want to compare everything with everything and then look for an excuse to justify it. As example, they cannot understand why a street cleaner should get R4,000 a month while a Neuro-surgeon should get R2m a month. They will be happy if both earned R500 a month.

Yoh!