Post Office strike continues
Spokesman Pheane Ramoadi, speaking over the sound of vuvuzelas, said the unionised workers were unhappy that the situation had not been resolved over the past six years.
“We are marching to the post office head office over salary imbalances in the company because the company is paying employees based on their race. If you’re black you get a different salary, if you’re coloured you get a different salary,” he said.
He said the peaceful march had been authorised and police were on the scene monitoring the situation.
The CWU rejected an attempt by the SA Post Office (Sapo) to end the labour impasse on Monday.
CWU general secretary Gallant Roberts said at the time that talks between Sapo and the union ended early on Monday morning.
Sapo placed a proposal, amounting to R120 million, on the table.
This amount would cover salary increases as well as correct the salary anomalies at the root of the dispute between the company and workers.
Workers downed tools last Thursday, with the union charging that whites earned more than blacks for doing the same job.
Roberts said reports he received indicated that most of the union’s 14,000 members had joined the strike this week.
Services affected most were mail collection and delivery, and door-to-door and counter-to-counter parcel delivery.
Post Office strike discussion
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