NAPSAWU WANTS GOVT TO UP OFFER BY 22%

MBABANE – The National Public Service and Allied Workers Union (NAPSAWU) wants government to increase its offer by 22 per cent.

This was discussed during a meeting held at the Ministry of Commerce, Industry and Trade hall yesterday. The meeting started during the lunch hour break but continued throughout the better part of the afternoon.

Celumusa Tembe, who is the Secretary General of NAPSAWU, informed over 500 civil servants who crammed the hall that the negotiations started with government declaring that it had nothing but E811 million.

This, he said, the public sector associations (PSAs) declined and requested that government bring a better offer that would improve the remuneration of civil servants since a review was last implemented in 2004.

He said they wanted their employer to increase the offer by 22 per cent of the current wage bill.
This means government has to return to the negotiation table with E928 million if their wishes are fulfilled.

Tembe noted that the 13.1 per cent (E811 million) that had been offered by government was not money that would be added to their salaries but was money to be added to the wage bill, thus giving minimal monetary benefits to the public service employees.
“Many civil servants have wondered why we aren’t signing the offer presented by government, as due to their calculations, they believed they would earn better. This is not true as the implications of accepting that would mean some of you would get as minimal as E40,” Tembe said.
The unionist further explained to the civil servants that the need for them to engage in the planned countrywide mass meetings was to explain to the wokers what had transpired during negotiations and also establish a way forward.

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