WATCH: Unions appalled by 3% pay hike for public office bearers

Business Day TV spoke to Matthew Parks from Cosatu

Cosatu parliamentary co-ordinator Matthew Parks.  Picture: FINANCIAL MAIL/FREDDY MAVUNDA
Cosatu parliamentary co-ordinator Matthew Parks. Picture: FINANCIAL MAIL/FREDDY MAVUNDA

Public office bearers will receive a 3% wage increase. This follows a recommendation by the Independent Commission for the Remuneration of Public Office Bearers. Cosatu has called the increase a “tone-deaf and embarrassing decision” that President Cyril Ramaphosa should have rejected.

Business Day TV spoke to the union’s Matthew Parks for more detail on Cosatus stance.

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