The strike started on 5 October at the NSFAS offices in Cape Town following a negotiation deadlock.
FILE: Nehawu members protest for better working conditions on 26 August 2020. Picture: Nehawu AD/Facebook
DURBAN – National Education Health and Allied Workers’ Union (Nehawu) members at the National Student Financial Aid Scheme (NSFAS) have returned to work after both parties reached a wage agreement on Monday, putting an end to a two-week-long strike.
The strike started on 5 October at the NSFAS offices in Cape Town following a negotiation deadlock.
The end to the strike comes after NSFAS and Nehawu agreed to increase the salary budget of the bargaining unit by 4.5% which amounts to R6.2 million.
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Nehawu spokesperson Khaya Xaba said that the increase in workers’ salaries would vary according to their positions.
“We are happy to announce that workers will get a 6.5%, those who are on salary level one to eight. And those who are on salary level nine to 10 will get 3% and those on salary level 12 will get 1%.”
NSFAS spokesperson Phatisa Ntlonze said: “The salary increases will be effected from 30 October 2020 and backdated to April 2020.”
Nehawu said that it saw the salary increments as a victory for workers and hopes that NSFAS will abide by the agreement.