Employees of communications regulator Icasa walked off the job on Monday over various grievances dating back to 2015 that they say have not been addressed by management.
The employees have vowed to continue their strike until their grievances have been dealt with to their satisfaction.
Though Icasa itself isn’t saying much about the strike, TechCentral understands from striking employees that their unhappiness stems from a lack of increases offered to certain staff as well as the “unilateral” implementation of policies “without consultation”.
“More than 50% of staff who have more than 10 years’ experience are not fully employed due to realignment. The just say if you don’t like it, you must go,” according to one of the striking employees.
The source, who asked not to be identified, said the employees resigned as members of the Communication Workers Union to join Solidarity, but Icasa won’t recognise the union.
Both the CWU and Solidarity have told TechCentral that they are not involved in the strike action.
Solidarity’s Marius Croucamp said on Monday that the union has no involvement in the strike.
“Solidarity does not enjoy collective recognition at Icasa and, subsequently, has not applied for permission to strike,” Croucamp said.
Photos of striking workers around the country, supplied by Icasa sources, follow below. — (c) 2016 NewsCentral Media
