1.3m state staff declare wage dispute day before Cup kickoff
Public service unions representing 14 unions and around 1.3 million state employees have declared a dispute, the parties said on Thursday, the day before the World Cup kicks off.
Unions affiliated to the Congress of SA Trade Unions (Cosatu) and the Independent Labour Caucus (ILC) said the dispute had been declared "as a result of the employer's intransigence and inability to meet the demands of labour".
"The employer is totally out of touch with the reality of the existing conditions in the country.
"Workers are struggling to keep up with spiralling increases in municipal rates and taxes caused by the 24.5 percent of electricity tariff increases."
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This is already a laugh a minute, stampedes, drunk policemen speeding towards team hq's, several armed robberies and thefts, and we're on day1.
May i just remind everyone of SA's status of TB capital of the world? When someone is blowing a vuvuzela at you, he's likely sharing his germs too.
It's a lovely day for a braai. Not realy, it's cold, windy and cold. Not even sunny. ROFL!! And our company, and many others, are doing the let's watch the game together. I don't, really really really don't get it. Good luck and keep safe.
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Notice from the media: Stampedes will henceforth be referred to as "crowd crushes".
As you already know, grown men running after a ball is to be referred to as entertainment.
If someone dies on SA roads AND they have a famous relative, it will be called a tragedy, otherwise it will be called Tuesday, Wednesday, etc.
No word yet on new terms for rape and murder, but what about "unauthorised invasion" and "early ghost activation"?
Early ghost activation sounds about right.
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