PAWUSA News Update

Public Service Summit Report

The Public Service Summit was held 11 to 13 March 2010 at Durban's Inkosi Albert Luthuli International Conference Centre, Durban. The theme of the Summit "Positioning the Public Service towards a development state through effective service delivery".

The purpose of the summit was to provide and opportunity for interaction and dialogue between and among social partners, namely the employer and labour representatives on the following:

Resourcing of the public service in health, education and criminal justice sectors

  • Performance improvements in the public service
  • Improved working environment/conditions
  • Youth employment
  • Outsourcing and agentisation
  • Remuneration policy and strenghtening collective bargaining structures

Backgound to the Summit

The Public Service Summit forms part of Resolution 1 of 2007, after the longest public service strike ever in 2007 where the parties government and trade unions realised the need to strengthen relations to achieve the task of transforming the public service. The parties also realised the need for disccussion on wider issues that go beyond wages and working conditions in the public service.

Summit Documents

Joint Input (COSATU Affiliated Public Service Unions)

PSCBC Report on the Summit

Summit Declaration