Popcru demands above inflation increases, threatens to strike
"We know we have a responsibility to keep citizens safe, but we must not be taken for a ride," says the Popcru president on potential strike action.
Popcru members marched to the Union Buildings in Pretoria on 20 September 2022. Picture: Xanderleigh Dookey-Makhaza/Eyewitness News
Ray White speaks to Thulani Ngwenya, president of Popcru.
Listen to the interview in the audio below.
The Police and Prisons Civil Rights Union (Popcru) claims that a 4.7% wage increase is insulting.
They have warned of strike action and disruptions to the public services in the policing and correctional services sector if this is offer is not changed.
The increase has been approved for the start of April.
Ngwenya says that every public servant should be getting an increase of inflation plus 2%.
He adds that they don’t believe that the government does not have the money to implement this.
“It is always that workers have to suffer when they are doing their work.”
- Thulani Ngwenya, Popcru president
Ngwenya says that if government does not come to the table they will have no choice but to strike.
“We know that our responsibility is to make sure citizens are safe, but we must not be taken for a ride.”
- Thulani Ngwenya, Popcru president
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