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Public sector unions have withdrawn their participation from a special council meeting scheduled by government to take place on Friday, to discuss the next round of wage negotiations.

[File Image] Members of the Congress of South African Trade Unions take part in a nationwide strike over issues including corruption and job losses, outside parliament in Cape Town, South Africa, October 7, 2020.[File Image] Members of the Congress of South African Trade Unions take part in a nationwide strike over issues including corruption and job losses, outside parliament in Cape Town, South Africa, October 7, 2020.

Unions say they will not allow their negotiators to engage in any wage talks before the dispute over last year’s wage increase is resolved. The unions have accused government of attempting to engage in a meaningless box-ticking exercise to further justify the 3% wage offer rejected by unions in the lead up to the finance minister’s Budget Speech next week.Deputy Secretary-General of Nehawu, December Mavuso, says, “There’s no way the employer can convene a council meeting to table an offer without demands from organised labour. The process is we go to members, we collect demands, we consolidate and present demands to the employer.

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