Pikitup employees face dismissal if they miss deadline to return to work
Striking Pikitup employees were given until noon to report to work‚ and the failure to do so would lead to their dismissal. "Following the stoppage yesterday‚ management issued a final ultimatum to workers to return to work by 12h00 today or face summary dismissal‚" said the MMC for Environment and Infrastructure Services Department‚ councillor Matshidiso Mfikoe.Mfikoe said the events of Wednesday clearly demonstrate that the South African Municipal Workers Union (Samwu) is negotiating in "bad faith”."Employees affiliated to Samwu embarked on the stoppage yesterday while negotiations were in progress. As the city‚ we have done everything possible to resolve all the concerns raised by Samwu in an amicable manner‚" said Mfikoe.This comes as Thursday marks two full days that Pikitup workers have been on an illegal strike action.To date‚ there have been 14 days of illegal stoppage and‚ according to Mfikoe‚ the “no work‚ no pay principle” will apply."The shareholder and the board mandated [Pikitup] management to deduct this over a period to avoid excessive hardship to employees and accordingly‚ the first deduction was made in February‚" said Mfikoe.Workers demands include salary disparities and benchmarking.- TMG Digital/TMG Local Government..
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