Thousands down tools at Post Office over wage demands
Thousands of members of the Communication Workers Union (CWU) would down tools at the South African Post Office on Friday over unmet wage demands, the union said on Thursday.
According to Business Day, an expected 7,000 union members would march on the regional headquarters of the Post Office in Johannesburg on Friday to present a memorandum of demands including a salary increase, a relocation allowance for transferred workers and improved job security.
The CWU declared a wage dispute in September after rejecting a wage increase offer of 6% from the Post Office.
CWU spokesman Matankana Mothapo said on Thursday the last meeting between the union and Post Office management had been on October 2, but no progress was made, reports Business Day.
The Post Office could not immediately be reached for comment, but had warned in September during the presentation of its 2012-13 results that it faced a "hostile operating environment coupled with various identified business risks".
