Country gear up for PSA strike today

By Jurina Nkwazi
18 August 2010


About one million public servants will embark on a national strike after rejecting governments revised wage offer today.

On Tuesday evening The Congress of South African Trade Unions and the Independent Labour Caucus rejected government’s latest wage offer of a 7 percent increase and R700 housing allowance indefinitel, after four days of talk.

Unions are demanding an 8.6 percent increase and a R1000 housing allowance.

Service delivery will be affected at schools, home affairs, licensing departments and hospitals.

Government has warned workers that serious action will be taken against those who do damage to property.

The strike will take place on Wednesday and unions are not prepared to halt unless their demands are met.

In the meantime, parents have been urged to send their children to school as contingency plans have been put into place.

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