Eskom Wage Negotiations
14 June 2018
The Minister of Public Enterprises, Mr Pravin Gordhan, departmental officials and Eskom Board members met the leadership of COSATU yesterday, at their invitation. The Minister wanted to understand the concerns from organised labour about the wage dispute with Eskom and related matters.
Amongst the concerns expressed by COSATU were the manner in which wage negotiations have been conducted, the zero percent wage offer, and allegations that the Independent Power Producers programme is crowding out jobs in the mining sector.
The Minister outlined and explained the current challenging environment:
- The contraction in economic growth in Q1 of 2018 and lower growth projections for 2018