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    Rhodes University typically increases workers' wages by 6% each year but only offered a 5% increase this year, sparking strikes by the workers. Negotiations between the university and unions representing the workers failed to reach an agreement, with the university refusing to increase its offer above 5%. This led to workers embarking on go-slow protests and work stoppages in an attempt to pressure the university into a higher wage increase. After declaring the protests illegal, the university eventually offered a 6.9% wage increase, ending the strikes.

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    Timeline of the Rhodes University Staff Strike

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    Rhodes University typically increases workers' wages by 6% each year but only offered a 5% increase this year, sparking strikes by the workers. Negotiations between the university and unions representing the workers failed to reach an agreement, with the university refusing to increase its offer above 5%. This led to workers embarking on go-slow protests and work stoppages in an attempt to pressure the university into a higher wage increase. After declaring the protests illegal, the university eventually offered a 6.9% wage increase, ending the strikes.

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    Rhodes University Staff Strike: A Brief History of

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    Rhodes University typically increases workers' wages by 6% each year but only offered a 5% increase this year, sparking strikes by the workers. Negotiations between the university and unions representing the workers failed to reach an agreement, with the university refusing to increase its offer above 5%. This led to workers embarking on go-slow protests and work stoppages in an attempt to pressure the university into a higher wage increase. After declaring the protests illegal, the university eventually offered a 6.9% wage increase, ending the strikes.

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    Rhodes University has had a policy of

    increasing workers wages by 6%. This year


    A B R I E F H I S T O R Y O F

    the university offered the worker 5% increase


    RHODES which sparked the begging of the strikes by
    the workers.
    UNIVERSITY AUGUST 2016
    Negotiations start for wage
    STAFF STRIKE increase

    12 JANUARY 2017
    negotiations cancelled after
    Finance Division boycotted
    meeting.

    26 JANUARY 2017
    NEHAWU and NTEU both lodge
    and internal dispute to force
    management to negotiate.

    FEBRUARY 2017
    After two rounds of negotiations
    talks deadlocked after the
    university offered 5% increase.

    3 APRIL 2017
    No resolution reached. between
    parties. Certificate of non-
    resolution issued.

    4 APRIL 2017
    Unions instruct workers to
    begging go-slow to pressure the
    university.

    10 APRIL 2017
    Workersare instructed not to
    report for work.

    10 MAY 2017
    Rhodes University declares
    workers protest illegal and issues
    official warning to protesting
    workers..

    12MAY2017
    Rhodes University offers
    workers6.9% wage increase.

    14 May 2017
    Workers resume work.

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