Johannesburg, (IT News Africa)- Communications Workers Union (CWU) has threatened to strike because South African Broadcasting Corporation has failed to meet their demands.
CWU general secretary, Gallant Roberts said that CWU is not ready to accept less than 12.2% salary hike.The Union still maintains that its members and workers in general cannot take the fall for SABC’s mismanagement.
“The CWU National Working Committee meeting that will be held on the 24th July 2009, will among others things discuss a more effective strike action program against the SABC, its forms and durations, and these will include among others; “Go Slows”; Work-to-rule”; Picketing and National
“Stay-Away’s” The SABC strike will be bolstered by the impending strike against Telkom SA and the possibility of a “Secondary Strike” of all CWU members in the ICT Sector,” Roberts said.
“The SABC need to seriously consider implementing the 12.2% or brace itself up for a ‘Rolling Mass Action’, as our members’ determination and anger is nearing explosive levels.”
Roberts added, “CWU believes that the prioritization of cost cutting as embarked upon by the SABC should among others be aimed at making it possible to implement the multi-term agreement to ensure the much needed stability within the organization. In prioritizing, the SABC must affirmatively consider the ‘Loyalty Begins At Home’ principle.” This is the latest of problems to hit the SABC and comes barely a month after its board was dissolved for the problems the broadcaster finds itself in.
By Mthulisi Sibanda
