On Tuesday night, the municipality and the worker union reached a settlement, which brought the strike to an end.
The Msunduzi CBD amid the ongoing strike by the municipality’s workers. Picture: Thabiso Goba/EWN
Workers from the Msunduzi Municipality are back at work on Wednesday following a five-day labour strike that brought service delivery to a standstill in KwaZulu-Natal’s capital.
On Tuesday night, the municipality and the worker union reached a settlement, which brought the strike to an end.
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Workers had taken to the streets to raise their grievances around overtime pay, standby allowances, grading and job descriptions.
The strike saw piles of rubbish strewn around the Msunduzi CBD, with waste also not being collected from residential areas.
The regional chairperson of the South African Municipal Workers Union (SAMWU), Brandon George, said, “Everybody has returned back to work today [Wednesday]. We’re just basically awaiting now an arbitration award from the bargaining council. An arbitration will be today [Wednesday]. But yes, we have managed to find each other and find common ground.”
Source: https://www.ewn.co.za/workers-from-msunduzi-municipality-back-at-work-after-ending-5-day-strike/