18 June 2020 A special meeting of the SALGBC Central Council – Executive Committee was held yesterday. At this meeting, officials from National Treasury made a presentation to the SALGBC parties on the economic downturn on municipal finances as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. National Treasury stated that municipal finances have been hard hit […]
The Labour appeal court handed down a judgement last week in the Matusa appeal against the payment of an agency fee. As we all know all non IMATU and Samwu members are compelled to pay the monthly agency fee to the SALGBC over and above the normal union fees should they belong to another union. […]
IMATU Newsflash Last night President Ramaphosa announced that the national lockdown will be extended by a further two weeks. On Friday, 1 May 2020, we will be celebrating Worker’s Day. It will thus be symbolic and appropriate for all workers to hopefully return to work from 2 May 2020. During his announcement, the President also […]
We refer to the abovementioned matter. We want to take this opportunity to salute and thank our members that are at the forefront in fighting the COVID – 19 virus. Many IMATU members are involved in essential services that are required to keep the country and the economy afloat. IMATU members have heeded the call […]
We refer to the abovementioned matter. Much has been written in the press over the past 2 months since the COVID – 19 virus was discovered in Wuhan, China in December 2019. As you are probably also aware, President Ramaphosa announced last night that the State is taking drastic measures in order to combat the […]
The Labour Court has handed down judgement on Tuesday, 03 March 2020. The Judge Found the following: 1. The Samwu actions to not work the shifts as per the Collective Agreement constituted an unprotected strike. The Court interdicted Samwu members from participating in such refusal. 2. The Fire and Rescue Services Collective Agreement is valid […]
The Independent Municipal and Allied Trade Union (IMATU), representing approximately 107 000 members countrywide, and in excess of 14 000 members in the City of Cape Town, wholeheartedly supports the view of the Auditor General, as quoted in an article by the Cape Argus on 4 February 2020, wherein it was stated that “The AG […]
The Independent Municipal and Allied Trade Union (IMATU) has noted with concern, the contents of an article published in The Star newspaper on 22 January 2020 entitled “End of fee deductions challenged”. In the article it is claimed that several unions, including IMATU, have been granted certain organisational rights in respect of the deduction of […]