At least four unions, including teacher unions Sadtu and Naptosa, health union Hospersa as well as the Public Servants Association (PSA), want a 10% increase across the board.
State staff with Saftu, Cosatu and the Public Servants Association, are a demanding 10% wage increase and nothing less.
Negotiations between workers and government deadlocked earlier in the year, triggering a series of protests across the country.
They’re hoping to pressure government to concede to wage demands from workers in the public service.
Three union federations have given government an ultimatum to concede to calls for a 10% wage increase during a protest in Pretoria.
The threats of renewed strike action follow a march to the offices of the National Treasury in Pretoria last week.
Civil service workers marched to Treasury in Pretoria on 22 November 2022 over a wage dispute with government.
Hundreds of workers represented by the Public Servants Association (PSA) and the Health and Other Services Personnel Trade Union of South Africa (Hospersa) marched to the National Treasury in Pretoria on Thursday.
Nearly 500 workers marched to Parliament on Thursday, where a parliamentary official received a memorandum of demands. The action was led by members of the Public Servants Association (PSA).
Public workers from the Public Servants Association (PSA) and Hospersa marched in the busy economic hub of KwaZulu-Natal on Thursday. They're demanding that government listen to their cries for a better wage increase.
The leader of the Public Servants Association (PSA), Lufuno Mulaudzi, has described President Cyril Ramaphosa as a coward. Mulaudzi also hit out at Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana after he sent acting COO, Laura Mseme, to receive the memorandum on his behalf.
Hundreds of workers, represented by the Public Servants Association (PSA) and health professionals union, Hospersa, submitted a memorandum of demands to officials at Treasury on Thursday.
Workers in parts of the country, including Johannesburg, Pretoria, Cape Town and Durban are expected to join the strike for better wages and conditions.
The PSA's Mandy Modise said that the workers were struggling to keep their lights on and were struggling to put food on the table.
The union wants a 6.5% increase but government is not willing to exceed its offer of 3%.
The union is demanding a 6.5% increase across the board.
Negotiations between government and unions in the sector collapsed again this week.
The Public Servants Association (PSA) has already declared a dispute and served government with notice. The PSA's Claude Naicker said that they would start picketing on Thursday.
