Times Of Swaziland: UNESWA ACTIVATES ‘NO-WORK,NO-PAY’ RULE

UNESWA ACTIVATES ‘NO-WORK,NO-PAY’ RULE
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Sicelo Maziya on 15/04/2023 10:37:00


MBABANE - The University of Eswatini (UNESWA) on Thursday communicated its
intention not to pay academic and non-academic staff members.
UNESWA Registrar Dr Salebona Simelane on Thursday issued a memorandum addressed
to all striking staff members. The memo informed all staff members of the
implementation of the no-work, no-pay principle. The memo stated that regarding
the then-pending strike action by members of Association of Lecturers, Academic
and Administrative Personnel (ALAAP) on March 7, 2023, a resolution was taken at
a meeting of the Administrative Management Committee held on April  13,2023.
Decision
The memo states that the meeting had taken a decision to the effect that all
staff members who were on strike on April, 2023 should not have their salaries
paid for the days not worked. The memo further states that the decision was
taken in accordance with Section 87 subsection 3 of the Industrial Relations Act
of 2000. The memo follows the legal strike by the University of Eswatini
(UNESWA) employees on award performances (notching).
The employees, who are members of ALAAP are currently on a non-stop (waya-waya)
strike over notching. The strike began last month whereupon employees from the
Kwaluseni, Mbabane and Luyengo campuses downed tools and convened at the
Kwaluseni Campus to demonstrate. Employees have been parking their cars outside
the Kwaluseni Campus and sitting under trees, while others were doing the vusela
exercise around the university premises.
Singing
They were singing and dancing to political songs and lectures were not
conducted.“We are grateful to the ALAAP team for accepting and honouring the
invitation. The management team will report the outcome of the meeting to the
university council in due course,” Simelane said. Meanwhile, ALAAP General
Secretary Dr Mduduzi Shongwe also established that they were called to a meeting
to broker a way forward pertaining to their issue.
Dr Shongwe said they (management) were willing to talk about the issue and would
go and report their demand to the council. Nonetheless, the general secretary
maintained that they would continue with the strike until their demand was met.