uSkaka Marine World employees to march on Friday

uSkaka Marine World employees to march on Friday

Striking uSkaka Marine World staff members were set to take part in a protest march in Durban on Friday.  

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The South African Municipal Workers Union members will take part in the procession to City Hall from 10 am. 


Workers at the water park downed tools this week after wage negotiations with eThekwini Municipality deadlocked.   


They are asking for a 15% pay hike, saying the city failed to implement salary adjustments recommended by an audit firm eight years ago. 


They say management at uShaka commissioned a grading report in 2016. 


The employer is proposing 7%, with the CCMA now handling the dispute.


The union's Xolani Dube said they will submit a memorandum of their demands to municipal officials.


Among other things, they're calling for the implementation of a fair pay scale.


"This is a long-term goal of the union to make sure that employees are not worse off from the time they join the union. So, if this report is implemented, it is a good gesture for the employer to do that because it is employees who are battling. 


"It will benefit future generations as well because there will be a proper grading system. Right now, we don't have a proper grading system."

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