17 September 2019

South Africa: SANParks employees to strike for one day over wage dispute! [update]

update (19 September 2019): South African National Parks (SANParks) has confirmed that the planned protest action at Kruger National Park on Friday (20 September 2019) has been successfully averted. In a meeting that was convened on 18 September 2019 with the majority of unions Health and Other Service Personnel Trade Union (HOSPERSA) and National Union of Public Service and Allied Workers Union (NUPSAW) a collective agreement was concluded and signed. 

update (19 September 2019): According to the online edition of the "The Lowvelder", the threatening strike at Kruger National Park on Friday (20 September 2019) has been successfully averted. The unions accepted the new offer from South African National Parks (SANParks), and a deal was signed.

South African National Parks (SANParks) has received official information from the National Union of Public Service and Allied Workers (Nupsaw) and the Health and Other Services Personnel Trade Union of South Africa (Hospersa) that protest action ("strike") is planned take place at Kruger National Park's Paul Kruger Gate on Friday 20 September 2019. The two labour unions further informed SANParks that staff from other National Parks in South Africa are also encouraged to withdraw labour on that day.
According to SANParks, contingency plans are in place and will be activated with immediate effect in all parks to minimize any disruptions in the delivery of service to the guests. In a statement released earlier tody (17 September 2019), SANParks request its guests to note that the one-day protest action will be focused at
Kruger National Park's Paul Kruger Gate where management will receive a memorandum of grievance from organized labour. All other entrance gates to Kruger National Park and other National Parks will be operational as normal. It is for this reason that guests are advised not to cancel any bookings as a consequence of a one-day planned protest action announced by the two unions.

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