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NOBC Declaration

2 commentsAugust 1, 2020Vuyani Valashiya

NOBC Declaration

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Update on Temporary Employer-Employee Relief Scheme (TERS) Payment to Bus Passenger Workers

1 commentMay 11, 2020Vuyani Valashiya

11 May 2020 The South African Transport and Allied Workers Union (SATAWU) is pleased to inform workers in the bus passenger sector that an amount of approximately R46 million was paid into the South African Road Passenger Bargaining Council (SARPBAC). These funds will be used to pay employee salaries in line with the TERS (Temporary…

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SATAWU Submissions on Sectors-Covid 19

1 commentApril 27, 2020Vuyani Valashiya
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TERS Gazette

2 commentsApril 14, 2020Vuyani Valashiya

TERS GAZETTE

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The South African Road Passenger Bargaining Council (Sarpbac) is in the process of concluding an MOA with the Unemployment Insurance Fund

No commentsApril 14, 2020Vuyani Valashiya

The South African Road Passenger Bargaining Council (Sarpbac) is in the process of concluding an MOA with the Unemployment Insurance Fund that will allow it to facilitate payment of UIF to employees in the bus sector during lockdown period. According to General Secretary of Sarpbac Gary Wilson, bus companies will submit claims to the council…

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Bus Sector Unions Warn of Looming Strike

1 commentMarch 12, 2020Zanele Sabela

South African Transport and Allied Workers Union (SATAWU) along with four other unions in the South African Road Passenger Bargaining Council (SARPBAC) will likely go on strike in April if a wage settlement is not reached. SATAWU, NUMSA, TOWU, TAWUSA and TASWU were given a certificate of non-resolution after the four-day mediation they took part…

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SATAWU Worried about Autopax Part-paid Salaries

No commentsMarch 2, 2020Zanele Sabela

South African Transport and Allied Workers Union (SATAWU) is gravely concerned Autopax staff have been paid only 25% of their salaries for February. State-owned Autopax is a subsidiary of Prasa and operates Translux and City to City buses. SATAWU is particularly concerned that this comes so soon after workers were paid just 50% of their…

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Autopax Employees Wait for Full Salaries

No commentsJanuary 30, 2020Zanele Sabela

Translux and City to City employees are still without half of their January salaries which were expected to be settled yesterday. Autopax, which owns the two bus companies, could only afford to pay half of its 1,070 employees’ salaries on Monday and promises were made by its management that the difference would be paid by…

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LISTEN: Autopax Admits Financial Crisis

1 commentJanuary 28, 2020Zanele Sabela

Cash-strapped state-owned-bus company Autopax told employees at the weekend that they would only be receiving half their salaries in January. The Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa (Prasa) subsidiary said government as well as the Translux and City to City operator were committed to turning the company around and make it a sustainable business. Aldrin…

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Uncertain Future for Autopax Employees

No commentsJanuary 28, 2020Zanele Sabela

Employees of Translux and City to City buses are facing a bleak future as the state- owned company is unable to sustain itself due to shrinking passenger numbers and financial losses. The company, which failed to pay full salaries for 1,071 of its employees this month, suspended services of its lucrative Eastern Cape route two…

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