Telkom wage talks reach deadlock
This was after the company proposed a 7.7 percent average increase to all operational employees on Friday during wage talks, the SACU said.
It said Telkom had earlier cited cable theft as a reason they could not give their employees a larger increase, yet they had disbanded the unit dealing with the issue and outsourced it to private security companies.
"One of these companies was Royal Security. This company previously was in the news when they were removed as security company for Telkom after it was found that they had links with some high level Telkom employees.
"This high level employee's services was also terminated at the time amidst a cloud of suggestions of fraud," SACU said. SACU has officially declared a dispute on the salary negotiations and said they would refer the matter to the CCMA.
"We are certain that after we receive the certificate of non-resolution at the CCMA and the subsequent ballot of our members, that we will embark on industrial action as it is clear that Telkom Employees have had enough," said SACU assistant general secretary, Jannie Volschenk.
Telkom could not immediately be reached for comment on Wednesday.
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