10111 call centre strike
10111 call centres expected to be fully functional after strike ends
The South African Police Union (Sapu) has agreed to go back to work although there is no wage settlement on the table yet.
The union who represents over 700 striking employees have written to the employer to notify them of the decision agreed upon by workers last night.
The call centre workers have been on strike since July over a salary hike dispute.
Workers marched to the Union Buildings where they handed over a memorandum directed to President Jacob Zuma, urging him to intervene.
Saftu’s Zwelinzima Vavi says government and the SAPS have been far too slow to respond to the demands of 10111 workers.
Saftu's Zwelinzima Vavi says government and the SAPS have been far too slow to respond to the demands of 10111 workers.
Senior police management has ordered striking 10111 workers to return to their posts on Friday or face disciplinary steps.
The South African Police Union (Sapu) members went on strike in August demanding a wage hike.
Last week, the Labour Court in Johannesburg ruled in favour of police, granting an interdict against acts of intimidation.
The Labour Court in Johannesburg has ruled in favour of the police, granting it an interdict against acts of intimidation by demonstrators.
The police service has accused the strikers of damaging property and intimidate non-striking workers while demanding higher wages.
The South African Police Union General secretary Oscar Skommere says the employer is nowhere near meeting the union's demands.
Sapu is at the Labour Court after the SAPS made an urgent application to have the ongoing 10111 call centre strike interdicted.
Police management have taken Sapu to the Labour Court to have the ongoing 10111 call centre strike interdicted.
The police claim the 10111 call centre workers are intimidating and threating non-striking employees.
Workers will picket across the country today, in Gauteng, they'll gather at the police headquarters in Midrand.
Their protest was put on ice for over a week when the matter went to the CCMA but it's now back on and has intensified on Thursday.
Protest leader Bethuel Nkuna says call centre agents have had enough of empty promises.
The police ministry says it has had to once again redeploy some of its officers to compensate for 10111 call centre staff that have gone on strike.