South African Transport and Allied Workers’ Union (SATAWU) urges the Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa (Prasa) and the Rail Safety Regulator (RSR) to come up with a creative solution to prevent the total shutdown of the country’s commuter rail service. Prasa approached the High Court at the weekend in a bid to stop RSR…
South African Transport and Allied Workers’ Union (SATAWU) is set to down tools at Denel Aeronautics on Tuesday, 18 September. SATAWU served the division of Denel SOC with a 48-hour strike notice following a deadlock in wage negotiations. Wage talks at the company started in March this year and deadlocked in May but to date…
South African Transport and Allied Workers’ Union (SATAWU), an affiliate of the Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU) is set to hold its fourth Elective National Congress from 15 to 16 September at Midrand Conference Centre, Johannesburg. Themed, “RECLAIM, RENEW & UNITE FOR WORKING CLASS POWER – BACK TO BASICS!”, the Congress will be…
Labour unions in the security industry are frustrated by government’s failure to promulgate the private security wage increase agreement, leaving almost half a million workers without a wage increase. All 22 unions and employer associations in the private security industry signed a 6.7% wage increase agreement on 27 July. The agreement was forwarded to the…
South African Transport and Allied Workers’ Union (SATAWU) is calling on Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa (PRASA) to accelerate its modernisation programme after commuters went on a rampage in Naledi, Soweto on Friday. Commuters went on a destructive riot stoning and setting fire to cars belonging to Metrorail staff after trains were delayed on…
South African Transport and Allied Workers’ Union (SATAWU) announced the date for its elective National Congress at a three-day Central Executive Committee (CEC) meeting held in Braamfontein, Johannesburg late last week. Themed, “Reclaim, Renew and Unite for Working Class Power – Going Back to Basics,” the gathering was addressed by Transport Minister Dr Blade Nzimande,…
South African Transport and Allied Workers’ Union (SATAWU) members at SA Express (SAX) are worried that a former CEO who left the airline in financial dire straits might be reappointed. Workers at SAX have seen communication to the board recommending former SAA CEO, Siza Mzimela, be appointed acting CEO of SAX for six months. As…
South African Transport and Allied Workers’ Union (SATAWU) made submissions opposing the Essential Services Committee’s bid to make public transport an essential service thereby barring workers in the sector from striking. SATAWU opposed the application on the basis that it is frivolous and seeks to strip the Constitutional rights of workers to improve their working…
South African Transport and Allied Workers’ Union (SATAWU) has today made a submission to oppose an application by Putco to be exempted from paying its workers the wage increase signed in May this year. Labour unions and employers in the South African Road Passenger Bargaining Council (SARPBAC) signed a two-year wage agreement in May following…
