NATIONAL NEWS - Employees of the Government Pensions Administration Agency are embarking on an indefinite strike aimed at forcing the employer to implement all the agreements reached in the Bargaining Chamber.

Amongst the boiling issues that are yet to be implemented as part of the agreement to suspend the strike are the following,

• Correcting irregular appointments

• Implementation of agreements reached in the GPSSBC departmental Chamber meetings.

• Payments of Bonuses

• Rooting out corruption

• Disclosure of information to organized labour

• Equal implementation of disciplinary measures irrespective of levels or positions

The strike is spearheaded by two major trade unions in the GPAA, which are PSA and NEHAWU.

The striking workers have vowed to shut down operations at the Head Office and to ensure that all the regional offices in the nine provinces are not operating as usual in order to force the employer to implement the agreements.

This would effectively result in the disruption of pension payments, negatively affecting over 400 000 pensioners and beneficiaries relying on the monthly pensions as an income.

The trade unions are also planning a march to the office of the Minister of Finance in order to highlight their grievance and to solicit the involvement of the Minister in resolving the standoff. 

GPAA is one of the state entities reporting to the Minister of Finance.

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