Public service negotiation team undertake collective bargaining and negotiations skills training

Public service collective bargaining forum social partners have undergone collective bargaining and negotiating skills training

Picture: The cover of the training manual for Collective Bargaining and Negotiations Skills Training (Picture courtesy of SNAT Platform)

The public service collective bargaining forum, the Government Negotiations Forum (GNF), social partners recently underwent Collective Bargaining and Negotiations Skills training by the Commission of Mediation, Arbitration and Conciliation (CMAC). The training took place in Piggs Peak.

The trade unions involved in Government Negotiations Forum (GNF) are, National Public Service and Allied Workers Union (NAPSAWU), Swaziland Democratic Nurses Union (SWADNU), the Swaziland National Association of Government Accounts Personnel (SNAGAP) and the Swaziland National Association of Teachers (SNAT). Leaders from the unions attended the training.

The Eswatini government was also represented by its official including the number one (1) civil servant, the Secretary to Cabinet Mr Victor Dludlu.

Picture: The GNT members during their collective bargaining training in Piggs Peak (Picture courtesy of The SNAT Platform)

According to the information sourced from the SNAT Platform social network forum the topics covered in the training are as follows;

Sources of Labour Law

Industrial Relations Act Approach to Collective Bargaining Structures

Workplace Formations

Recognition and Derecognition of Trade Unions

Types of Labour Disputes

Right and Responsibilities of Union and Management Officials

Collective and Recognition Agreements

Collective Bargaining Skills

The social partners in the pubic service negotiations forum are expected to enter into a gruelling collective bargaining year in 2025 wherein a salary review and job evaluation report is expected to be delivered and implemented.

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