{"id":30665,"date":"2022-05-16T18:46:58","date_gmt":"2022-05-16T18:46:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/second-union-announces-plans-strike-at-sars"},"modified":"2022-05-16T18:54:35","modified_gmt":"2022-05-16T18:54:35","slug":"second-union-announces-plans-strike-at-sars","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/second-union-announces-plans-strike-at-sars","title":{"rendered":"Second union announces plans strike at SARS"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; South-Africa. <\/strong><\/span>After the Public Servants&#8217; Association (PSA) issued a notice of intention to strike at the South African Revenue Service (SARS) last week, the National Education, Health, and Allied Workers&#8217; Union (Nehawu) has now also announced that it plans to strike at SARS.<\/p>\n<p>PSA demands a CPI plus 7% increase across the board, while Nehawu demands an 11.5% increase. SARS made a final offer of a zero-percent increase at wage discussions.<\/p>\n<p>PSA general manager Marcus Ramakgale served SARS commissioner Edward Kieswetter with notice of the union&#8217;s intention to go on strike last week following a deadlock during wage talks at the Commission for Conciliation, Mediation, and Arbitration.<\/p>\n<p>A Nehawu statement said the tax body was notified of the union&#8217;s intention to strike nationally.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The National Education, Health and Allied Workers&#8217; Union has served the SARS with a notice for a strike action in line with section 64 of the Labour Relations Act,&#8221; the statement said.<\/p>\n<p>SARS inches closer to strike as PSA puts tax body on notice<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This comes after having reached a deadlock to conclude a wage agreement for the bargaining circle of 2022\/23 after the intransigent employer tabled a zero-percent offer or an offer far below what we have presented as our demand,&#8221; the statement said.<\/p>\n<p>Nehawu will explain its plans for a &#8220;full-blown&#8221; national strike at SARS at a briefing planned for Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>SARS told Fin24 that it would comment on the strike and union demands once all required approvals for the strike to commence have been received.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\">South-Africa<\/a> Follow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; South-Africa. After the Public Servants&#8217; Association (PSA) issued a notice of intention to strike at the South African Revenue Service (SARS) last week, the National Education, Health, and Allied Workers&#8217; Union (Nehawu) has now also announced that it plans to strike at SARS. 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