Thursday, 24 July 2008

Salary Negotiations Update 24 July 2008

We have accepted and signed an agreement with the SABC for the 11.5% increase only. BEMAWU will enter into discussions about the multi-term with the SABC soon. We will also discuss the issue where the SABC seeks to exclude members of BEMAWU above scale 300 from the annual salary increase (a principle the other two unions agreed to and signed that their members above scale 300 must be excluded). We do not believe it is fair.

Wednesday, 09 July 2008

Urgent Update

The SABC has once again succeeded to create mass confusion.

The General Secretary of MWASA and Chief Negotiator, Com Albert Malgoba has once again confirmed that he did not sign the salary agreement.

The so-called ballot by the SABC is utter bad faith and has no status.

We (and the SABC) has no control over the process as one person can vote more than once. It is clear that the SABC wants employees to accept their offer. Therefore they will report back that the majority of employees has voted in favour of the offer. There is absolutely no way we can control and verify their flawed voting process.

WE THEREFORE URGE MEMBERS TO EITHER COMPLETELY IGNORE THE SO-CALLED BALLOT SENT OUT BY THE SABC, ALTERNATIVE TO REJECT THEIR OFFER. THE OFFER IS IN ANY EVENT MISLEADING, AS IT DOES NOT REFLECT THE WHOLE OFFER.

We have insisted in a letter to the Chief People's Officer that the SABC withdraws the so-called ballot with immediate effect.

Tuesday, 08 July 2008

Update on Salary Negotiations - 8 July 2008

The SABC is spreading rumours that some of the Unions has accepted the SABC Salary offer of 11.5% plus the multi-term.

It is false and misleading!

BEMAWU has NOT accepted the multi-term as members has voted (via this web site, sms and at the meeting) against it.

MWASA has NOT accepted the multi-term as I contacted MWASA yesterday and spoke to their Chief Negotiator and General Secretary, Com Albert Makgoba and he has assured me that MWASA has NOT accepted the SABC's offer.

Albert also assured me he had contact with the CWU and they have NOT signed and accepted the SABC's offer.

The offer being put on the table by the SABC, in terms of Percentage is not bad but is not an exceptional offer. Unions are settling on 12% currently without any multi-term.

The mandate we have received to date, via sms, this website and in the meeting is to accept the 11.5% but to reject the multi-term. If we accept the multi-term next year and the year thereafter you will automatically receive whatever CPIX of the previous year was plus 1%.

So if the CPIX at the time is sky-high and you are struggling to make ends meet, we will NOT be in a position to engage the SABC in negotiations for a better increase.

If the SABC has an exceptionally good year, which they will have as a result of 2010, we will NOT be able to approach the SABC for a better salary increase.

If bond interest rates sharply rise, (as it did this year and more than 100 000 has already lost their houses because they cannot afford the higher interest rate) we will NOT be in a position to approach the SABC for a better salary increase, as CPIX EXCLUDES bond interest rates.

We will again send out an sms to ballot you to either reject or accept the salary offer as it stands.

The offer is 11.5% plus the multi term.

Please do not vote with anything else than ACCEPT or REJECT.

If you want to accept the 11.5% with the multi-term, vote ACCEPT.
If you want to accept the 11.5% without the multi term vote REJECT, as the 11.5% without multi-term is NOT on the table from the SABC's side at this point in time.

If you haven't received any sms's, please sms your number to 0829208669.