Outsourcing at TUT and Unisa could result in a strike
- Published on 6 Apr 2017
- HR Pulse News Desk
Some of the universities in Tshwane are facing uncertain times yet again, with outsourced workers reigniting a struggle over insourcing that started back in 2015.
The workers have vowed to shut down the Tshwane University of Technology (TUT) and the University of SA (Unisa) if outsourced workers are not insourced. On Monday, Unisa managed to obtain an interdict against security guards who had embarked on strike action. At TUT, security workers embarked on a peaceful protest on Friday at the main campus in Pretoria West. Japhta Mokoena of the General Industries Workers Union of SA claimed that agreements made following the #OutsourcingMustFall protests in February last year had not been fulfilled by the university.
The union has given the university until 30 April to revert with a response. But Mokoena warned: “Should the university opt not to insource the 800 security workers, then our members will shut down campuses.” No incidents have been reported at the University of Pretoria, which was hit by outsourcing protests in the past, and the Sefako Makgatho Health Sciences University.
Source: SA Labour News
