Unisa nehawu wage talks
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Marchers will make their way from Mary Fitzgerald Square to the premier's office and then the province's Health Department to hand over memorandums.
Unisa has put forward a new offer of a 7% salary increase from the initial 6.5%, however, the union has rejected it.
Members affiliated to Nehawu disrupted the application process this week demanding wage increases.
The union says a strike at the Durban University of Technology (DUT) is already underway.
Unisa management offered an increase of between 5% and 8%, depending on the staff’s income.
The trade union is currently in talks with its members over Unisa’s new offer of 6.5% to 8% to end a strike over wages at the university.
Nehawu’s national spokesperson Khaya Xaba says wage talks with Unisa have reached a deadlock again.
Nehawu is demanding a 10% increase across the board while the university is only offering only 4.5%.
Workers affiliated to the union have taken to the streets after failed negotiations with the university's management over salary demands.
Unisa students have been prevented from entering at least four campuses due to the protests over wages.
Unisa staff members affiliated to the union are blocking the entrance of at least four campuses in protest over wages.
Nehawu and Unisa have been in wage talks since last year with the union demanding a 14% increase.