The Emfuleni Local Municipality says its employees, working in various departments and office buildings in Vanderbijlpark, were violently chased away from their work-stations by fellow striking employees, or general workers, today.
Emfuleni said this disrupted the provision of services and inconvenienced residents and non-striking workers. ELM said the general workers have been on an illegal strike since the beginning this month in a dispute over salaries and awards.
Following a meeting between management and representatives of the striking workers yesterday, the Municipal Manager (MM), Dithabe Nkoane, pleaded with protesting workers to urgently return to their work stations and warned that the “no work, no pay” principle will be applied. Upon receiving a report on the matter, the ELM Mayoral Committee yesterday resolved that the award should be taken for review. This resolution will be tabled in a Council Sitting for a decision tomorrow. ELM said Management
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