Health and Allied Workers Union

A strike is looming at health risk management services provider Medscheme where members of the National Education, Health and Allied Workers’ Union (Nehawu) plan to down tools on Thursday.

In a statement, Nehawu said the company had refused to implement an agreement reached on the introduction of a performance management tool.

“Medscheme had agreed to implement the performance management tool as of April 1 2018. This non-implementation of the agreement has resulted in our members not receiving their performance bonuses,” the union said in a statement.

“The union approached the Commission for Conciliation, Mediation and Arbitration on this matter and a certificate to strike was issued on May 10 2019. Several meetings were convened with the employer with a view to resolving the impasse but they were unsuccessful. This has led us serving the employer with a notice to strike.”

According to its website, Medscheme is S
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Bear in mind, it is illegal to strike on Election Day. The Independent Electoral Commission of South Africa (IEC) is battling to avert disaster, as employees and trade unions threaten to down tools.

As 8 May draws ever-nearer, the palpable anticipation is reaching a boiling point, on many intersecting fronts. Political parties have wrapped-up their protracted campaign efforts leaving voters to their own idiosyncratic devices. With ballot boxes at the ready, the 2019 elections, touted as being the most vital since the country’s dawn of democracy, are set to define the future of South Africa.

Yet, dissidence within the ranks of the IEC is threatening to tarnish the organization’s promise of ‘free and fair elections’. The National Education, Health and Allied Workers’ Union (NEHAWU) issued a statement on Monday morning, calling for urgent intervention from the IEC. According to NEHAWU spokesperson, Khaya Xaba, the issues relating to the labour
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