Unisa students to register online as strike continues

UNISA’s Richards Bay campus remained closed to the public on Wednesday as negotiations to end a week-long strike continued.

The university encouraged students to continue registering online after workers affiliated to the National Education, Health and Allied Workers’ Union (Nehawu) embarked on a nationwide strike last week Wednesday.

‘Unisa is in the middle of a strike and discussions between the union, management and the CCMA are in progress,’ the university said in a statement.

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‘We will inform you (students) of the progress of discussions. Please register online while negotiations are taking place. The registration closing date has been extended to 30 January.’

Workers are demanding a salary increase of 12% across the board, but management is offering 6.5%.

‘Our members at the university are sick and tired of being taken for granted by the university management and they are willing to go on a full-blown strike indefinitely until the demands are met.,’ Nehawu said.

‘Workers will not return to work until the university management sorts out the salary dispute and the absorption on a full time basis of all workers on contract since 2014 in the ICT department,’ Nehawu said.

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