Four percent proposal keeps BOFEPUSU busy

Last week the Directorate of Public Service Management (DPSM) released a statement proposing the four percent salary adjustment across the board, for the financial year 2014-2015. The increment will take effect on April 1, 2014, provided the negotiations are concluded before the end of March. BOFEPUSU was taken aback by the employer’s proposal and the parties agreed to take a 10-day ‘cooling off’ period from the Public Sector Bargaining Council (PSBC).

This week the leadership of BOFEPUSU met and decided that consulting membership with rallies is not really thorough consultation. “We decided that each union should consult through its structures to take mandate,” explained BOFEPUSU secretary general Tobokani Rari. This mandate, Rari said, is about two things: the 2013/14 salary negotiations and the employer’s four percent proposal for 2014/15.