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SATAWU Worried about Job Losses, Supports COSATU-led Strike

February 12, 2019Zanele SabelaNo commentscoal mining, Cosatu-led Strike, IRP, Prasa, retrenchments, Transnet

South African Transport and Allied Workers’ Union (SATAWU) fully supports the COSATU-led strike against job losses. Its leaders will be in various provinces on Wednesday to demonstrate. SATAWU President Ntuthuzelo Mhlubulwana will be in the Eastern Cape where marches in Nelson Mandela Metro, Queenstown, Mthatha and King Williamstown are set to start at 9am. General…

SATAWU Members in Security Sector to Benefit from National Minimum Wage

January 22, 2019Zanele Sabela5 commentsArea 2, Area 3, CCMA, Department of Labour, National Minimum Wage (NMW), National Minimum Wage Act, Security sector

South African Transport and Allied Workers’ Unions (SATAWU) is pleased the implementation of the National Minimum Wage (NMW) will improve the income of workers in the security sector. The National Minimum Wage Act came into effect on 1 January, setting the wage floor at R20 per hour with the exception of farm workers whose minimum…

SATAWU Calls on Prasa to Stem Train Collisions

January 8, 2019Zanele SabelaNo commentsMountain View, Prasa, Pretoria, three people dead, train collision

South African Transport and Allied Workers’ Union (SATAWU) is calling on the management of the Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa (Prasa) put a plan a place to stem train collisions after at least three people died in a train crash this morning. More than 300 people were also injured when one commuter train collided…

SATAWU Members at Translux, City to City Down Tools

December 20, 2018Zanele SabelaNo commentsAutopax, City to City, Sunday pay, Translux, wildcat strike

South African Transport and Allied Workers’ Union (SATAWU) members at state-owned Autopax, the company that operates Translux and City to City buses, have gone on a wildcat strike. Workers are unhappy they were not paid for Sunday work this month and are out of pocket. The company unilaterally changed the method of payment for Sunday…

SATAWU Delivers Early Christmas for Workers

December 11, 2018Zanele Sabela1 comment41 Workers, Durban Container Terminal Pier 2 at Transnet Port Terminals, Tau Morwe, Transnet Group CEO

South African Transport and Allied Workers’ Union (SATAWU) has won a victory for workers in time for Christmas. The 41 workers were dismissed from Durban Container Terminal Pier 2 at Transnet Port Terminals in 2016, for having taken part in a work stoppage. SATAWU took the matter to the Transnet Bargaining Council and won the…

SATAWU Members to March to JS Moroka Municipal Offices

December 6, 2018Zanele SabelaNo commentsCOSATU Mpumalanga, Dr JS Moroka Local Municipality, SATAWU Mpumalanga, Security sector

South African Transport and Allied Workers Union (SATAWU) members will march to the Dr JS Moroka Local Municipality in Mpumalanga today, 6 December. SATAWU members will be accompanied by the Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU) in the province to deliver a memorandum of demands to the municipality. The disgruntled workers are security officers…

SATAWU Calls Out Minister Titio Mboweni on SAA Comments

November 2, 2018Zanele SabelaNo commentsInvestments, Minister of Finance, SAA, Tito Mboweni, Vuyani Jarana

South African Transport and Allied Workers Union (SATAWU) calls on the Minister of Finance to stop making irresponsible statements. Speaking at an investment conference in New York yesterday, Tito Mboweni said state-owned airline South African Airways (SAA) should be closed down because it was loss-making and in his opinion could not be turned around. He…

SATAWU Calls on Road Users to Prioritise Safety

October 31, 2018Zanele SabelaNo commentsLimpopo crash, Mpumalanga crash, N1 north, N4, road safety, transport Month

South African Transport and Allied Workers Union (SATAWU) calls on all road users to comply with the rules of the road as Transport Month draws to a close. This year’s Transport Month saw a number of collisions with high fatalities including 26 people who died when the front tyre of a truck burst causing the…

SATAWU Calls on Transnet Board to Comply with Labour Court Ruling

October 22, 2018Zanele SabelaNo commentsBoard, Court of Equity, Group CEO Siyabonga Gama, Labour Court, Transnet

South African Transport and Allied Workers’ Union (SATAWU) is horror-struck that the board of Transnet has defied a Labour Court order and fired Group CEO Siyabonga Gama. Yesterday the board notified Gama that his contract of employment was terminated via a letter. This is despite the Labour Court having ordered on Friday that the case…

SATAWU Calls For SANRAL Intervention

October 18, 2018Zanele SabelaNo commentse-tolls, Heidelberg weighbridge, Sanral, Zebediela weighbridge, Zimele Investment Enterprise

South African Transport and Allied Workers’ Union (SATAWU) calls on the South African National Roads Agency (SANRAL) to intervene in a standoff between one of its contractors and its employees. Zimele Investment Enterprise is contracted by SANRAL to operate the Heidelberg weighbridge in Johannesburg as well as the Zebediela weighbridge in Polokwane. The company weighs…

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  • SATAWU Members in Security Sector to Benefit from National Minimum Wage
  • SATAWU Calls on Prasa to Stem Train Collisions
  • SATAWU Members at Translux, City to City Down Tools
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