JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA (ADV) – The civil servants in the Kingdom of Eswatini are set to stage a massive march on Friday despite a court order stopping their proposed strike yesterday.
The Communist Party of Swaziland (CPS) said the PSAs held a mass meeting yesterday following the order to stop the strike, and they resolved that all civil servants should flood the capital city to petition government and other entities.
“Communication on the meeting spot on Friday shall be shared as the week progresses, it was disclosed. In voicing their frustration of what they (PSAs) termed oppression of employees, the unions resolved that they would petition the High Commission of South Africa where they would request that the republic un-peg the Rand from the local currency,
“The reasoning behind this demand was that the country recently celebrated its golden jubilee and should be self-sufficient,” read the statement.
This comes after a number of strike actions by public servants which have been underway in the country since last year.
Yesterday, these strikes were set to come together and form a massive strike, formed by the nurses, teachers, non-teaching staff in government schools and accountants employed at government offices.
But after the court order, the strike which was called in response to the government’s unwillingness to raise the salaries to offset the loss of purchasing power due to inflation, had to be suspended.
Unions that engaged in the negotiations included the Swaziland National Association of Government Accounting Personnel (SNAGAP), the Swaziland National Association of Teachers (SNAT), the Swaziland Nurses Association (SNA) and the National Public Services and Allied Workers Union (NAPSAWU).
These unions are all affiliated with Trade Union Congress of Swaziland (TUCOSWA), and the unions represent 25000 workers employed by the government.
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