Tshwane mayor sets his sight on ensuring staff morale boosted in Capital city
This comes as another pay increase was agreed upon by the administrators to be paid to officials of the metro in December however, this is tied to whether or not the metro achieves a 95% collection rate.
It was all systems go this week, as municipal worker unions reassured the newly elected Tshwane mayor of “their support and desire to work with the metro’s political leadership” – regardless of political affiliation.
This as Tshwane mayor Randall Williams on Monday met with the leadership of the two major unions in the metro, namely the South African Municipal Workers Union (Samwu) and the Independent Municipal and Allied Traders Union (Imatu).
“I felt that it was important to meet with the union leaders as quickly as possible once I took office, as it is critical to maintain a harmonious labour environment in the metro.”
He said the metro, along with labour relations, discussed a multitude of issues.
But “most importantly we focused on how we can ensure that going forward the metro’s work is not disrupted”.
Mayoral spokesperson Jordan Griffiths said some of the issues raised by the unions included staffing matters at particular departments and the management of some of the city’s strategic assets.
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Crucially, the pay increase agreed upon by the administrators to be paid to officials of the metro in December were discussed.
“This was tied to whether or not the city achieves a 95% collection rate.”
Griffiths said as the collection rate of the metro had been significantly lower for months, there would be ongoing discussions about his matter.
He said the mayor also planned on optimising working arrangements with the unions to ensure that more work was done with fewer strikes.
“This will be managed through continuous engagement and communication.”
“The Local Labour Forum (LLF) is one such structure in the metro which has political representation and engages directly with the unions. If this is managed well, it can ensure that labour unrest is prevented in the future.
“As the country likely prepares to move out of lockdown it will be crucial that all services are stabilised going forward.”
This comes as the metro saw labour unrest under the provincially deployed administrators that resulted in numerous workflow interruptions which created significant problems in terms of the metro achieving its goals and objectives.
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“I hope that after today we can maintain a harmonious relationship going forward and work together to restore the capital city.”
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