SAMWU Ends Pikitup Protest
3 December 2015
The South African Municipal Workers’ Union (SAMWU) has ended the protest action embarked on at City of Johannesburg’s waste management Pikitup. The decision to end the protest action follows the intervention by Gauteng Department of Co-operative Governance and Traditional Affairs (COGTA) led by MEC Jacob Mamabolo.
After a series of meetings and consultation with our members, we have decided to end the protest action at Pikitup and have signed an agreement with COGTA and the City of Johannesburg to this effect. All workers are expected to report for duty as of the 4th December 2015.
Parties have agreed to allow the Provincial Government to appoint a senior council who will work with all parties with the aim of facilitating the process of creating a conducive environment for further engagements with the aim of resolving grievances put forward by workers at Pikitup.
We have further agreed on a process that will manage the adverse effect of the principle of no work no pay for workers who were on strike. This will include various options including forgoing leave days to cover for the work time while we will engage with management on how workers who do not have leave days will be covered in this agreement.