The National Education Health and Allied Workers’ Union public service strike was set to go ahead as planned on Monday.
The union explained on Sunday evening it had applied for leave to appeal an interdict to halt its protest, thus allowing its members to go on strike as planned.“Nehawu is highly disappointed with the ruling of the labour court, interdicting the public service strike action which was to commence from March 6. The court ruling follows an urgent application by the department of public service and administration heard in the Johannesburg labour court on March 4, after being postponed from March 3.
“Workers have been on the receiving end of the onslaught of this sixth administration, including poor working conditions, despite public service workers contributing daily to the betterment of the SA people, especially the working class and the poor on the front-line of service delivery,” Nehawu said.The union said for its work to be effective, the public service must have a strong capacity in terms of the suitable headcount of workers in different departments and work stations.
“It must also have capabilities in terms of the necessary skills and ongoing training support. Today, the public service has been severely weakened, especially its capacity because of the moratorium imposed on the filling of vacancies as a result of the multiple years of the Treasury’s austerity measures.”“Therefore, the improvements in our working conditions, including improvement in pay, is a necessary means of strengthening the public service.
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