South African Transport and Allied Workers Union (SATAWU) calls on government to arrest the ongoing chaos in the trucking industry and put an end to the unnecessary loss of life. Dozens of trucks have been attacked and torched mostly on the N3 in KwaZulu-Natal in the last year. Some industry players estimate the number of…
SA’s embattled economy could be hurt further when activity in the country’s busiest ports grinds to a halt with a planned protest by members of the SA Transport and Allied Workers Union (Satawu) on Thursday. The union warned on Tuesday that it would embark on a total shutdown of the country’s ports over salary discrepancies…
South African Transport and Allied Workers Union (SATAWU) members at Transnet National Ports Authority (TNPA) are set to down tools at 6am on Thursday, 30 May, in a strike that will see a total shutdown of the country’s ports. SATAWU served the strike notice to TNPA on Monday morning after the Transnet Bargaining Council issued…
South African Transport and Allied Workers Union (SATAWU) is ululating as two of our own take their place within the National Council of Provinces and the North West Legislature. SATAWU former Deputy President, Robert Mashego, is set to be sworn in as Member of NCOP today while former North West Provincial Secretary, Job Dliso, was…
South African Transport and Allied Workers Union (SATAWU) is aghast that state-owned companies Transnet and Autopax are preventing workers from voting in tomorrow’s national election. Starting yesterday morning, Transnet has released a flurry of letters all aimed at intimating workers from exercising their constitutional right. Reporting for work yesterday morning, workers at Transnet Freight Rail…
South African Transport and Allied Workers Union (SATAWU) is set to go on a national roadshow to consult its members at Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa (Prasa) about the employer’s final salary increase offer. Labour unions at Prasa met with management late last week for the fourth and final round of negotiations after they…
South African Transport and Allied Workers Union (SATAWU) urges all road users to prioritise safety this Easter weekend. The weekend has hardly started but already at least 12 people have died in two horrific crashes in Limpopo and Kwa Zulu Natal. Five people died in a collision between a mini-bus taxi, a sedan and a…
SATAWU DISAPPOINTED AT SA EXPRESS’ FAILURE TO CONSULT ON JOB CUTS South African Transport and Allied Workers Union (SATAWU) is disappointed to read that state-owned airline, SA Express, intends to downsize its staff. According to an article in City Press, the regional airline’s board has approved a plan by acting CEO Siza Mzimela to cut…
South African Transport and Allied Workers’ Union (SATAWU) members at Putco will picket outside the Labour Court in Johannesburg on Friday. SATAWU’s lawyers will go up against bus company Putco for not paying workers’ annual wage increase and bonuses in line with the agreement signed last May after workers downed tools for 28 days. The…
South African Transport and Allied Workers Union (SATAWU) welcomes the removal of Nathi Khena as CEO of Autopax, the state-owned company that operates Translux and City-to-City buses. On Monday the Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa (Prasa) announced temporary changes to its leadership and management core in an effort to stabilise the organisation and improve…
