Aggrieved Ehlanzeni District employees give management seven-day ultimatum on irregularities
A memorandum with a list of grievances was handed over to the Municipal Manager.
MBOMBELA- Ehlanzeni District Municipality employees employees went on a peaceful strike through their unions, the Independent Municipal and Allied Trade Union (IMATU)and the South African Municipal Workers’ Union(SAMWU) on Monday.
They handed over a memorandum to the Municipal Manager with a list of grievances which include the following:
*Employees performing the same duties but being remunerated differently,
*Absorption of temporary employees
*Implementation of the Collective Agreement on the adjustment of travelling and subsistence allowance
*Equal treatment of employees by Heads of Departments/General Managers
*Stopping of pivatizing of the Disaster Management Centre hall and other EDM facilities
*Safety when public gatherings takes place.
Management has been given seven working days to respond to the issues raised.
In a media release it states that employees have further resorted to continued with picketing demanding to hand over the same petition to the Executive Mayor on Tuesday. Unfortunately, she was not available.
“As a municipality, we are calling for calm from the side of the employees and further plead for understanding to stakeholders and the public in general during this unrest.
We strongly commit to work towards resolving the concerns raised by our employees at all cost. It must however be noted that such will never be realized outside a structured constructive engagement,” reads the statement.
