Public servants association
PSA: Former general manager Ivan Fredricks will be missed
Known for his tenacity and zeal in fighting for the rights of workers, Fredricks died after a long illness on Sunday.
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Ivan Fredericks praised for his role in building PSA
The union has sent its condolences to his family and friends, saying Fredericks played a vital role in the organisation and was the reason that the trade union had 235,000 members across the country.
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Public sector wage talks: Unions optimistic govt will move from 0% offer
Independent mediators have been in talks with the state presenting a demand of a 7% hike and other conditions of service adjustments after they did not receive increases last year.
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Public sector unions eagerly await new wage offer from govt this weekend
Government agreed to table a new offer when it did an about-turn after saying there would be a 0% wage hike due to lack of money from its purse.
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Independent mediators in public service wage talks ask for more time
Workers said that labour had agreed to give the independent mediators more time while government forged ahead with tabling a new offer.
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Talks to avert potential strike by civil servants under way in Tshwane
This is a last-ditch attempt by the Public Servants Association and government to find each after the conciliation process deadlocked.
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PSA: Govt must go to India and get back the money paid for vaccines
The association said South Africans could not afford to wait any longer for its citizens to be vaccinated.
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PSA asks ConCourt to reverse Labour Appeal Court finding on public wage deal
Last year, the Labour Court declared as unconstitutional and invalid a 2018 wage agreement after Treasury said it never gave the green light for the deal to be sealed.
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Govt misleading unions over unmet wage increase, PSA argues in court
The Department of Public Service and Administration and Treasury said they could not afford the hikes, which were agreed upon back in 2018, stating repeatedly that this would cost over R30 billion.
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Civil servants to govt: We'll down tools if salary increases are frozen
COVID-19 and the lockdown have crushed many companies, leaving the already battered economy in a difficult position to recover.
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Unions angry over Mboweni’s bid for 3-year wage freeze for state workers
The trade unions have stopped short of calling Mboweni a liar, saying that his assurances that labour was being consulted about the three-year wage freezes were untrue.
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PSA appeals to Motshekga to close schools as COVID-19 infections rise
The PSA represents thousands of educators and administrative staff in schools across the country.
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Govt taken to court for failing to honour public sector wage agreement
Public service workers woke up to their regular salary payments on 15 April in direct contravention of a 2018 agreement to increase wages.
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Public sector unions to take govt to court over 0% wage increases
Government said this was part of plans to slash the public sector wage bill by R160 billion in the next three years.
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PSA senior employees lodge court action to overturn their suspensions
The PSA is one of the country’s largest public service unions with over 240,000 members.
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Public sector unions: Workers anxious over job security
The government was on a drive to reduce the number of public servants through early retirement offers, but more recently Treasury suggested about 10% could be cut from workers’ salaries.
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Nehawu vows to strike if public service sector jobs cut
Minister Senzo Mchunu told parliament during his budget vote this week that his department would save R20 billion if 30,000 workers in the public sector took early pension payout.
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PSA threatens legal action if govt refuses to upgrade 'unsafe' buildings
The union, which represents thousands of public servants, said the State Attorney's office in Johannesburg was in a hazardous condition following the leak of raw sewage.
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Nehawu accepts Sars wage offer, strike finally ends
The union says after extensive consultations, members in many provinces have given a green light to sign the settlement agreement.
