Salary increases for municipal workers

By Xpress Reporter

Municipal works will be smiling all the way to the bank towards the end of July, as they will be getting increased salaries, as per the agreement signed by unions at the SA Local Government Bargaining Chamber (SALGBC).

Municipal union SAMWU said in terms of the current agreement, workers from all the 257 municipalities will be receiving a 5.4% increase in July 2023. SAMWU General Secretary Dumisani Magagula said this part of the 3-year collective wage agreement, signed with employers' organization SALGA.

The benefits do not end with salary increases, as the sectoral minimum wage is also set to jump to R9 531.21. Homeowners allowance shall increase to R1 066.41 while the cap for employer contribution towards medical aid shall be increased to R5 277.38. These increases are the last leg of the salary and collective agreement reached by parties in 2021, SAMWU said.

“We have also noticed in the past, the tendency by municipalities to deny workers their salary increases as agreed in the SALGBC. We will therefore be monitoring the implementation of this last leg of the collective agreement to ensure that no municipality applies for exemption. “We are also ready to challenge any exemption application by municipalities, given the current economic situation which workers find themselves in, especially the recent increase of the repo rate to 7.70%, a decision which will have dire consequences for municipal workers and South Africans,” stated Magagula.

With the current collective agreement about to lapse.

SAMWU says t anticipates to begin new salary negotiations with the employers later this year. Magagula said the union will be embarking upon an extensive consultation proves with its members across the country, in order to finalize its mandate ahead of negotiations.

“We urge our members to participate in the mandate taking exercises which will be consolidated by the upcoming Collective Bargaining Conference. We are all aware of the financial situation which municipal workers find themselves in and as such, we want to ensure that the upcoming negotiations take workers out of this situation,” Magagula said.

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