Samwu awaiting Pikitup court ruling
Pikitup employees block Mandela & Elizabeth Bridges protesting against poor wages in this file picture. Picture: Chris Collingridge. Pikitup employees block Mandela & Elizabeth Bridges protesting against poor wages in this file picture. Picture: Chris Collingridge.
The South African Municipal Workers Union (Samwu) said on Friday that it was still waiting for the Labour Court to rule on whether the Pikitup strike was protected.
The City of Johannesburg, the sole shareholder of waste management company Pikitup, was on Friday launching an urgent court interdict to challenge whether the industrial action was legal.
Speaking to I-Net Bridge/BusinessLIVE at about 15.20 local time, Samwu spokesman Tahir Sema said the union was expecting the court to hand down its ruling on the matter within the next hour.
Samwu said the union hoped that the judge would conclude this matter by the end of today, noting that it was opposing the City of Johannesburg's urgent application.
He maintained that Samwu would end the strike once Pikitup had signed an agreement paving the way for an investigation into alleged corruption.
Samwu launched strike action last Thursday over salary adjustments, the outsourcing of services and an investigation into allegations of corruption.
Despite the resignation of Pikitup's board members, the union said it would still pursue investigations into allegations of financial mismanagement, corruption and nepotism.
On Wednesday this week, Pikitup chairwoman Phumla Radebe and several board members resigned. - I-Net Bridge