Nehawu strike

[File Image] South African civil servants protest to pressure the government over wage disputes in Pretoria, South Africa, on November, 22, 2022.

We have been saying, can government agree to the demand of a 10% salary increment with R2 500 housing allowance? Over the last three years, workers have been robbed of salary increments. Government is offering 0.5% to workers.

Nehawu had planned to go on an indefinite strike from Monday 6 March after serving a strike notice on 24 February. It and other prominent public sector unions ...

It is the commitment of government to ensure that these hard fought for rights are discharged in a manner that does not disrupt service delivery, especially in relation to essential services such as health," it said in a statement. Union leadership is consulting lawyers and will communicate a detailed plan of action on 5 March," Nehawu said. In 2020, government reneged on the final year of a three-year agreement.

The National Education Health and Allied Workers' Union public service strike was set to go ahead as planned on Monday.

“Therefore, the improvements in our working conditions, including improvement in pay, is a necessary means of strengthening the public service. “It must also have capabilities in terms of the necessary skills and ongoing training support. “Nehawu is highly disappointed with the ruling of the labour court, interdicting the public service strike action which was to commence from March 6. Nehawu is shocked by this decision to interdict us with no reason provided. “Workers have been on the receiving end of the onslaught of this sixth administration, including poor working conditions, despite public service workers contributing daily to the betterment of the SA people, especially the working class and the poor on the front-line of service delivery,” Nehawu said. The leadership of the union met this afternoon with the legal team to deliberate on a suitable legal recourse that included filling to appeal the judgment,” Nehawu said.

Members of trade union Nehawu are set to start an indefinite strike from Monday in support of demands for an above-inflation pay increase.

As Nehawu, we are shocked by this decision to interdict us with no reason provided,” Nehawu said in a statement on Sunday evening... Email [email protected] or call 0860 52 52 00. A subscription helps you enjoy the best of our business content every day along with benefits such as articles from our international business news partners; ProfileData financial data; and digital access to the Sunday Times and TimesLive Premium.

Nehawu national spokesperson, Lwazi Nkolonzi told The Witness that it filed an appeal against the interdict on Sunday, "which legally meant the interdict ...

Indeed, this shows that the government is hellbent on collapsing collective bargaining, reversing the gains of workers and undermining workers’ rights. This is within the labour law. “After butchering public servants in 2020/21, 2021/22, and the financial year of 2022/23, the government expect public servants to accede to a pathetic three percent wage increase that was unilaterally implemented after the majority of public servants at the Public Service Coordinating Council (PSCBC) have rejected it.

The Department of Public Service and Administration has obtained an interdict against Nehawu's planned public service strike.

Government believes that matters of mutual interest can still be resolved through orderly collective bargaining at the appropriate forum established for such purpose." "It is the commitment of government to ensure that these hard fought for rights are discharged in a manner that does not disrupt service delivery, especially in relation to essential services such as health. Government respects the rights of trade unions to organise and the rights of members to embark on peaceful and lawful protests, including pickets and strikes," the department said in a statement.

Nehawu said the strike underscores the significance of public servants. What you need to know, and which routes to avoid on Monday, 6 March.

“Government expects public servants to accede to a pathetic three percent wage increase that was unilaterally implemented after the majority of public servants at the Public Service Coordinating Council (PSCBC) have rejected it. The National Education, Health, and Allied Workers Union (Nehawu) said it submitted an application for leave to appeal; the [Nehawu](https://www.citizen.co.za/tag/nehawu/) public service strike.

The National Education Health and Allied Workers' Union public service strike was set to go ahead as planned on Monday.

“Nehawu is highly disappointed with the ruling of the labour court, interdicting the public service strike action which was to commence from March 6. Nehawu is shocked by this decision to interdict us with no reason provided. The union explained on Sunday evening it had applied for leave to appeal an interdict to halt its protest, thus allowing its members to go on strike as planned.

The Gauteng Department of Health has warned of service delivery interruptions across the West Rand District following a National Education, ...

Kagiso Police spokesperson Captain Solomon Sibiya added health employees started striking at about 07:00 on Monday morning, March 6 in front of Leratong Hospital. Further action will be taken against those responsible for damaging property or endangering the lives of health workers and patients.” We advise the public to use alternative facilities near them which are not affected.”

In a blow to the National Education Health Workers Union (Nehawu), the Labour Court in Johannesburg upheld an interdict to stop its strike on Monday.

The application for leave to appeal is yet to be argued. In 2020, government reneged on the final year of a three-year agreement. The union believed that its application for leave to appeal the ruling would automatically suspend it. Nehawu and other prominent public sector unions have been locked in a long-standing battle with government over wages. The union is expected to brief the media on the labour court saga and the protests later on Monday. While the union served an application of leave to appeal the ruling on Sunday, the matter was not yet filed with the registrar of the Labour Court when the matter was heard on Monday morning.

The workers are demanding a 10% salary increase, R2 500 housing allowance and for their children to be given bursaries. The workers vowed to continue with their ...

“The government is supposed to give these employees what they deserve. I do not have money for transport, to come and be told you cannot see a doctor is unfair,” he said. “I had to make appointments for next week and we don’t even know if we will be assisted. Our demand is 10%, the other demand as public servants is that our children should be given bursaries and we should be given R2 500 for housing allowance.” “If you get inside the hospital, you will see long queues. “We are dealing with an arrogant employer who relies on the courts instead of collective bargaining.

Despite a court interdict preventing the National Education, Health and Allied Workers Union (Nehawu) from striking today, the union went ahead.

“Over the last three years, workers have been robbed of salary increments. It is unclear so far as to who is actively participating in the strike as services have not ground to a complete halt.” It is never right to abuse or assault workers whose unions aren’t part of the demonstration,” she said. [News24 reported, i](https://www.news24.com/fin24/economy/nehawu-calls-on-lawyers-as-public-service-strike-interdicted-20230305)n 2020, government reneged on the final year of a three-year agreement. “We understand reasons for the strike but it is not right that tyres were burnt inside the hospital yard. I called the cops and they left.

The labour court has allowed an interdict issued against the National Education, Health and Allied Workers Union (Nehawu) strike on Saturday to stand, ...

It’s a request that the leadership should abide by the decision of the court,” he said. So until there is a decision on the appeal of Nehawu, the interdict stay in place,” she said. “Nehawu has appealed the decision that was taken on Saturday.

The National Education, Health and Allied Workers' Union has announced services at some government offices have come to a halt after its members went on ...

The principle should apply for the absence of a full day as well as part of a working day. “The principle of “no work, no pay' must be strictly applied by departments. The department said the matter will be heard on Monday and the outcome will determine whether strike action will be lawful.

Nehawu KZN held a protest yesterday but lost an appeal against a Labour Court interdict.

“Our strike action is a way of demonstrating our dissatisfaction, particularly with what the employer is offering. We will continue shutting down other places until the employer (government) is ready to negotiate our demands,” said Nxumalo. Durban - The Labour Court on Monday dismissed an appeal by the KwaZulu-Natal National Education, Health, and Allied Workers Union’s (Nehawu), interdicting a strike that had taken place at the Pinetown Magistrate’s court, the Department of Water, and Public Works both in Durban and at Ngwelezana Hospital in uMhlathuze.

Acting Minister of Public Service and Administration Thulas Nxesi strongly condemned the strike by public servants affiliated to the National Education ...

The 3% that was given last year was an insult." This further confirms our view that the actions of those striking today are illegal. The police will continue to do their work to stop violence and disruptions of normal activities of employees who are not on strike," he said.

Cancelled surgeries, ambulances barred from hospitals, stalled medication dispensing are among the critical services affected by the health workers' strike.

The entrances to Helen Joseph Hospital and Chris Hani Baragwanath were blocked with burning tyres. He said the department had contacted law enforcement agencies to ensure patients’ constitutional right to health was not infringed by those participating in the strike. A skeleton staff ventilated patients in the wards. Emergency medical services elsewhere in the Eastern Cape were heavily affected. Doctors cannot provide meds, feed patients and ensure observation is being done as well as the turning of very ill patients. “We are coming from Mqanduli with R45 each in a taxi. The Labour Court in Johannesburg upheld an interdict to stop a strike by National Education, Health and Allied Workers’ Union (Nehawu) strike on Monday evening. People are going to lose their lives,” he said. Government needs to take this seriously. I am hiring a bakkie for R300 to get from Qunu Village to here. Water and sanitation offices; sports, arts and culture were closed; social development were also closed. Daily Maverick has not been able to corroborate Zulu’s claim.

Is the National Education, Health and Allied Workers Union (Nehawu) a union of healthcare professionals committed to its patients, or a band of hooligans?

In doing so, they kept public sentiment on the side of their cause. Is the National Education, Health and Allied Workers Union (Nehawu) a union of healthcare professionals committed to its patients, or a band of hooligans? By midmorning, reports from around the country spoke of barricaded hospitals that could admit neither staff nor patients, and left exhausted doctors and nurses unable to return home after their night shifts.

"An incredible and sporadic situation in the context of multiple crises," said Barry James Mitchell who captured a video of a wedding couple being "blessed" ...

The Labour Court ordered on Tuesday morning that an interdict stopping the violent strike be implemented immediately, but in many parts of the country, ...

Over the weekend, the department obtained a court order interdicting the strike, but Nehawu applied for leave to appeal against this order. Despite this, the Health Department said the minister felt it was too early to call for military intervention. Most hospitals were only performing emergency surgery and running wards on a skeleton staff. They were also deployed during the acute waves of the Covid-19 pandemic. Register for free or log in to read this article. This article is free to read.