The leadership of the South African Transport and Allied Workers Union (SATAWU) endorsed the turnaround strategy of the Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa (Prasa) when it met with the administrator, Bongisizwe Mpondo, on Friday. However, SATAWU was emphatic Mpondo had to take the role of stakeholders seriously and consult unions on critical matters particularly…
SATAWU CALLS ON PRESIDENT RAMAPHOSA TO DO RIGHT BY SAA South African Transport and Allied Workers Union (SATAWU) suspects government never intended to save South African Airways (SAA). In a letter dated 4 December 2019 President Cyril Ramaphosa announced he had decided to place SAA under voluntary business rescue. Soon after Minister of Public Enterprises…
South African Transport and Allied Workers Union (SATAWU), the Aviation Union of Southern Africa (AUSA) and Solidarity are delighted to announce the Commission for Conciliation, Mediation and Arbitration (CCMA) ruled in favour of their participation in the retrenchment process at South African Airways (SAA). Yesterday, the three unions who are in coalition at SAA made…
South African Transport and Allied Workers Union (SATAWU) is calling on Transport Minister, Fikile Mbalula and law enforcement authorities to act decisively against taxi operators implicated in attacks on Autopax buses, after a driver was shot and scores of passengers injured. Yesterday at about 8pm, a City to City driver was shot at four times…
South African Transport and Allied Workers Union (SATAWU) is set to meet the executive of the Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa (Prasa) tomorrow, 19 November, to continue discussions regarding the termination of security contracts. SATAWU officials met with the board of control of Prasa on 12 November following the decision to terminate more than…
South African Transport and Allied Workers Union (SATAWU) is exploring all avenues including approaching the Labour Court to seek an urgent interdict against South African Airways (SAA) bid to retrench almost one thousand workers. SAA announced its intention to retrench 945 workers in the media late on Monday but did not bother notifying unions within…
Labour unions rejected the revise wage offer employers put on the table when parties met at the CCMA on 7 November. The revised offer is as follows: Year 1: Basic salary R4 596 + R145 Wellness premium = R4 841 which is equivalent to 8.4% Year 2: Basic salary R4 826 + R310 Wellness premium…
The South African Transport and Allied Workers Union (SATAWU) will on 7 November, march on the Royal Thai Embassy in Pretoria, in solidarity with the State Enterprise Workers’ Relations Confederation (SERC). SATAWU will deliver a letter for the attention of Thailand Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha, calling on him to drop charges against 13 leaders of…
Private security unions are set to meet employers at the Commission for Conciliation, Mediation and Arbitration (CCMA) tomorrow, 7 November, for a last-ditch effort to reach a settlement. Parties last met at the CCMA on 23 October, when employers put a 7.18% increase offer on the table. The offer was, however, rejected as it did…
Labour unions in the private security sector have rejected employers’ revised offer made during conciliation at the Commission for Conciliation, Mediation and Arbitration (CCMA). Employers said the 7.18% wage increase they put on the table today was the final offer after two previous offers of 1.1% and 5% were rejected outright by unions who were…
