Faizel Patel, Radio Islam News – 19-07-2018
With the post office strike finally over, the utility says the accumulated backlog of mail could take up to twenty days to work through.
The strike which started on July 3, 2018 left South African’s frustrated with the lack of postal services and delayed mail.
Now, after two weeks, an agreement has been reached with the Communications Workers Union, the Democratic Postal Workers Union and the South African Postal Workers Union.
The unions agreed upon a deal that will see workers receive a 6.5% salary hike backdated to April this year, working hours extended to 27.5 hours per week for full-time employees and a promise to permanently employ 500 contracted workers.
The post office says South Africans will have to wait a little longer for the mail as workers return to work.
“Accumulated mail is expected to take roughly 20 work days to be processed.”
The post office also confirmed it had migrated 2.2-million South Africa Social Security Agency (SASSA) beneficiaries to the new SASSA/SAPO issued gold card.
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