SA public-sector wage dispute moves to arbitration
JOHANNESBURG – Early attempts to resolve a wage dispute between the South African government and public-sector trade unions have failed and the dispute will now move to arbitration, according to the bargaining chamber where such wage disputes are heard.
The dispute has important economic implications. Public- sector salaries make up around a third of state expenditure and the government is trying to carve out more fiscal space to fight the coronavirus without falling further into debt.
It is also politically sensitive, since the governing African National Congress is allied with some unions and will rely on them to rally support before local elections in 2021.
Source: iol.co.za