The South African Municipal Workers Union Samwu has filed legal papers to challenge a court decision pertaining to a 5.4 wage agreement it signed with Tshwane two years ago.
Samwu is the biggest union in the local government sector, representing 160,000 of the countrys estimated 350,000 municipal workers,
About six months ago, acting labour court judge Sean Snyman ruled the capital city was exempt from implementing the pay deal reached at the South African Local Government Bargaining Council Salgbc in 2023.
