SA Post Office and CWU talks
Sapo said in a statement it would meet the Communication Workers’ Union at the offices of the Commission for Conciliation, Mediation and Arbitration in a bid to resolve the dispute over salary differentials.
Just over half the parastatal’s employees were on strike on Friday morning, with over 90 percent of mail workers not reporting for work.
Services affected most were mail collection and delivery, and door-to-door and counter-to-counter parcel delivery.
Contingency plans had been activated and as a result some services remained available “albeit at a slower pace”, the statement said.
One hundred and fifty out the 2400 post office branches did not open on Friday morning.
“We want to assure our customers that we are doing everything possible to get to a speedy resolution of this issue,” said Sapo chief operating officer John Wentzel. He rejected union claims of an “apartheid gap” in salaries.
“The salary differentials cut across race and gender and they result mainly from normal operational activities like transfers, training and development and long term service,” he said.
“The South African Post Office does not pay salaries according to race or gender.”
Post Office strike discussion
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