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…
National spokesperson at South African Transport and Allied Workers Union (Satawu), Zanele Sabela, says bus companies are trying to escape a wage agreement. This follows an application by five bus companies to be exempted from a recently signed bus sector wage agreement, citing financial difficulties. Sabela says they had a hearing with Putco and other…
JOHANNESBURG – A number of bus companies have made a U-turn on the agreed-upon salary increase for its employees, saying they can’t afford it. A near month-long national bus strike earlier this year severely impacted on commuters but ended when a 2-year wage agreement was reached. However, a number of bus companies have now said they can’t afford the increases…
South African Transport and Allied Workers’ Union (SATAWU) salutes its members in the passenger bus sector for the strength of character displayed during the strike. The nationwide bus strike is SATAWU’s longest in recent memory and the union acknowledges the pressure members were under given the no work, no pay rule. Regardless of this, members…
Johannesburg – The SA Transport and Allied Workers’ Union (Satawu) was ready for tough wage negotiations beginning this week for the passenger bus sector, it said on Monday. The transport unions and employers in the SA Road Passenger Bargaining Council will put their offers on the table at the negotiations set to take place in…
