Pretoria - The strike by municipal workers entered its second day on Tuesday despite a court application lodged by Salga this morning to stop the strike.
The South African Municipal Workers Union (Samwu) wants the South African Local Government Association (Salga) to introduce a job evaluation system for workers. More than 130 000 workers across the country downed tools on Monday.
Samwu Deputy General Secretary Walter Theledi told BuaNews that despite the court application, the strike continues.
"We want our people to be treated fairly and according to fair labour laws. The strike is indefinite," Theledi said on Tuesday.
The workers' demands include amongst other things market related wages. The union is also calling for changes to be made to the way employees are evaluated and the disciplinary code that municipalities use.
Although the strike was characterised by thrashing, intimidation and unavailable municipal services in most parts of the country, no major incidences were reported on Monday.
The City of Johannesburg, Ekurhuleni, Tshwane, the City of Cape Town and the Nelson Mandela Metro in the Eastern Cape have put contingency plans in place to provide essential services to the public.
The Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Municipality has activated its contingency plans in parts of the metro following some minor incidents of service delivery interruptions which were reported this morning when members of the Samwu started with their strike action.
As a precautionary measure and as an intervention to ensure that things run smoothly, the metro has deployed members of the EMPD, SAPS and private security companies.
