Buses

SATAWU Salutes Members in the Passenger Bus Sector

May 15, 2018Zanele SabelaNo comments#BusStrike, bus drivers strike, NUMSA, SARPBAC, SATAWU, Solomon Mahlangu, TASWU, TAWUSA, TOWU

South African Transport and Allied Workers’ Union (SATAWU) salutes its members in the passenger bus sector for the strength of character displayed during the strike. The nationwide bus strike is SATAWU’s longest in recent memory and the union acknowledges the pressure members were under given the no work, no pay rule. Regardless of this, members…

Unions Accept Agreement To End Bus Strike 2018

May 14, 2018Zanele SabelaNo comments#BusStrike, COBEA, Dual driver, insourcing, night shift hours, NUMSA, SA Road Passenger Bargaining Council (SARPBAC), SABEA, SATAWU, TASWU, TAWUSA, TOWU

Labour unions in the bus sector, SATAWU, TAWUSA, NUMSA, TOWU and TASWU, have accepted the latest wage offer by bus employers to end the lengthy national bus strike. The breakdown of the offer is as follows: • 9% across-the-board wage increase for the first year effective as of 01 April 2018 to 31 March 2019 •8%…

Bus Sector Unions Call for Intervention by Minister of Transport

April 25, 2018Zanele SabelaNo comments#BusStrike, Blade Nzimande, Bus Strike, bus wage negotiations, Mildred Oliphant, NUMSA, SA Road Passenger Bargaining Council (SARPBAC), SATAWU, TASWU, TAWUSA, TOWU, transport minister

Labour unions, South African Transport and Allied Workers’ Union (SATAWU), National Union of Metalworkers of SA (NUMSA), Transport and Allied Workers Union of SA (TAWUSA), Transport and Omnibus Workers’ Union (TOWU) and Tirisano Transport Workers Union (TASWU) are calling on transport minister, Blade Nzimande, to intervene in the ongoing impasses in the bus sector wage…

SATAWU Warns of Impending National Bus Strike

April 9, 2018Zanele SabelaNo commentsCommuter Bus Employers Organisation (COBEO), Dual driver, National Bus Strike 2018, NUMSA and TASWU, SA Bus Employers Association (SABEA), SA Road Passenger Bargaining Council (SARPBAC), SATAWU, TAWUSA, TOWU

South African Transport and Allied Workers’ Union (SATAWU) and four other unions in the SA Road Passenger Bargaining Council (SARPBAC) are warning of a possible national bus strike next week. Trade unions SATAWU, Transport and Allied Workers Union of SA (TAWUSA), Transport and Omnibus Workers’ Union (TOWU), National Union of Metalworkers of SA (NUMSA), Tirisano…

SATAWU Accepts Latest Offer To End National Bus Strike

April 14, 2017SATAWU1 commentAutopax, Dual Driver Allowance, National Bus Strike 2017, NUMSA, SATAWU, South African Road Passenger Bargaining Council (SARPBAC), TAWU, TAWUSA

South African Transport and Allied Workers’ Union (SATAWU) has accepted the latest offer by bus employers effectively bringing the national strike to an end. SATAWU sent its acceptance of the one-year agreement to the South African Road Passenger Bargaining Council (SARPBAC) on Friday morning. The majority union in the bus sector, TAWUSA and TAWU effectively…

Labour Minister To Intervene in National Bus Strike

April 13, 2017SATAWUNo commentsMinister of Labour Mildred Oliphant, NUMSA, SATAWU, South African Road Passenger Bargaining Council (SARPBAC), TASWU, TAWU, TOWU

South African Transport and Allied Workers’ Union (SATAWU) has successfully requested the Minister of Labour Mildred Oliphant to intervene in the ongoing impasse in the passenger bus sector. Workers affiliated to unions in the South African Road Passenger Bargaining Council (SARPBAC) including SATAWU, TAWU, TOWU, TASWU and NUMSA downed tools on Wednesday demanding a 12%…

SATAWU Serves Notice of Nationwide Bus Strike

April 10, 2017SATAWUNo comments60-hour notice of bus strike, CCMA, Double Drive, National Bus Strike 2017, Serve Notice of bus Strike, South African Road Passenger Bargaining Council (SARPBAC), Spread over

South African Transport and Allied Workers’ Union (SATAWU) along with four other unions in the South African Road Passenger Bargaining Council (SARPBAC) has served employer organisations with a 60-hour notice to go on a nationwide strike in the passenger bus sector. It is important to note, however, that labour is still willing to engage employers…

SATAWU Granted Certificate for Nation-wide Bus Strike

March 10, 2017SATAWUNo commentsbus employees association, Bus Strike, CCMA, Mediation, NUMSA, Passenger Bus wage negotiations, SATAWU, South African Road Passenger Bargaining Council (SARPBAC), TASWU, TAWUSA, TOWU

South African Transport and Allied Workers’ Union (SATAWU) along with the other unions in the South African Road Passenger Bargaining Council (SARPBAC) have been granted a certificate to go on strike. The five unions embarked on a mediation process led by the Commission for Conciliation, Mediation and Arbitration (CCMA) on Monday this week but by…

Union readies for tough wage talks

January 23, 2017SATAWUNo commentspassenger bus sector, SARPBAC, SATAWU, South African Road Passenger Bargaining Council (SARPBAC)

Johannesburg – The SA Transport and Allied Workers’ Union (Satawu) was ready for tough wage negotiations beginning this week for the passenger bus sector, it said on Monday. The transport unions and employers in the SA Road Passenger Bargaining Council will put their offers on the table at the negotiations set to take place in…

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