WRDM employees picket over salaries
About 40 disgruntled employees of the West Rand District Municipality showed their dissatisfaction about their salaries by picketing early on Friday morning.
Approximately 40 disgruntled West Rand District Municipality (WRDM) employees were picketing outside their workplace at about 10.30am on Friday, 5 October.
According to Mashaba Malatji, a WRDM employee, they are unset because their medical aid funds, bonds and pension funds weren’t paid the previous month.
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“Right now the unions representing us are in a meeting with the municipality about our salaries. We believe that they can’t afford to pay us anymore because of their investment in the controversial VBS Mutual Bank,” he said.
“On top of that, we are not getting the correct payment for working on Sundays and public holidays. They have also cut back our hours,” he added.
Another employee, Ramotshidisi Tshiu said that although he has been working as a junior fireman for seven years, he has seen no progress at the municipality.
Clement Mohlala, communications officer at the WRDM said that he would only comment on the issue once an official statement has been released after the meeting.
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