NATIONAL ASSEMBLY
FOR WRITTEN REPLY
QUESTION 683
DATE OF PUBLICATION OF INTERNAL QUESTION PAPERS: 19/04/2013
(INTERNAL QUESTION PAPER: 12/2013)
Mrs C Dudley (ACDP) to ask the Minister of Basic Education:
Whether she responded to accusations by the SA Democratic Teachers'
Union that she undermines collective bargaining? NW849E
REPLY
Yes, the Minister has responded to accusations by the SA Democratic
Teachersâ Union that she does not undermine collective bargaining. Her
department is engaged in the ELRC and PSCBC where negotiations take
place. Her departmental officials have been present in all scheduled
meetings of the ELRC and PSCBC. The unions have also been present and
they have not disengaged the Department in these forums.