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Health workers take insourcing demand to the CCMA

“We will picket until we all get employed permanently,” says NUPSAW organiser

About 60 community health workers picketed outside the Zolani Centre in Nyanga on Tuesday, demanding to be insourced by government. Photo: Vincent Lali
The National Union of Public Service and Allied Workers (NUPSAW) is approaching the Commission for Conciliation, Mediation and Arbitration (CCMA) to determine the legal “employer” of community health workers in the Western Cape.
Community health workers, supported by the union, have been staging protests across Cape Town this month to demand permanent jobs. They are currently employed by non-profit organisations (NPOs) contracted by the Western Cape Department of Health and Wellness.
The department told GroundUp that the province currently has no plans to permanently absorb them.
About 60 people picketed outside the Zolani Centre in Nyanga on…

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