SATAWU

𝐒𝐀𝐓𝐀𝐖𝐔 𝐏𝐨𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐧 𝐓𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐧𝐞𝐭’𝐬 𝐏𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐒𝐚𝐥𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐒𝐥𝐨𝐭𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐫𝐝-𝐏𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐲 𝐎𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐬

April 5, 2022Vuyani ValashiyaNo commentsCosatu, Jack Mazibuko, Minister of Transport-Fikile Mbalula, Sale of Slots, SATAWU, SOE, Transnet, Unbundling

The South African Transport and Allied Workers Union (SATAWU) notes with great concern and equally condemns with the contempt it deserves, the statement released by Transnet on 01 April 2022, which invites interested and qualifying operators to respond on the possible sale of “…slots on two key corridors on its rail network”.

𝐍𝐔𝐌𝐒𝐀 𝐀𝐍𝐃 𝐒𝐀𝐓𝐀𝐖𝐔 𝐌𝐄𝐌𝐁𝐄𝐑𝐒 𝐀𝐓 𝐀𝐔𝐓𝐎𝐏𝐀𝐗 𝐓𝐎 𝐌𝐀𝐑𝐂𝐇 𝐓𝐎 𝐏𝐑𝐀𝐒𝐀 𝐇𝐄𝐀𝐃 𝐎𝐅𝐅𝐈𝐂𝐄 𝐎𝐕𝐄𝐑 𝐍𝐎𝐍-𝐏𝐀𝐘𝐌𝐄𝐍𝐓 𝐎𝐅 𝐒𝐀𝐋𝐀𝐑𝐈𝐄𝐒𝟏𝟑 𝐎𝐜𝐭𝐨𝐛𝐞𝐫 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟏

October 13, 2021Vuyani Valashiya1 commentAutopax, NUMSA, Prasa, SATAWU

Press StatementMembers of the National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa (NUMSA) and the South African Transport and Allied Workers Union (SATAWU) are uniting in a joint protest march to Autopax. Our members are protesting against the deliberate destruction of a once glorious state-owned entity, and against the non-payment of September salaries. We were shocked…

Prostate Cancer Awareness & Screening

September 29, 2021Vuyani Valashiya1 commentAwareness, Cancer, Nokuthula Sifunda, Prostate, Prostate Cancer Awareness and Screening, SATAWU, Screening

Possibilities of Retirement Reform and Once off Pension Withdrawals

July 29, 2021Vuyani ValashiyaNo commentsCosatu, NEDLAC, Retirement, SATAWU, Transnet, Withdrawal

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-07-15/government-deploying-25000-troops-looting-rioting-south-africa/100295706

SATAWU Perspective on Protest Action in KwaZulu-Natal and Gauteng Respectively

July 16, 2021Vuyani Valashiya1 commentcriminality., current state of affairs, Department of Employment and Labour, Gauteng, KwaZulu-Natal Satawu acting Provincial Secretary, last year (2020), Looting, SATAWU, the union warned against the mainstream journalistic approach of reducing acts of violence in the road freight industry, violence, xenophobia

The South African Transport and Allied Workers Union (SATAWU) has critically observed the country’s current state of affairs from a vantage point of concern, intrigue and curiosity. Without applying a narrow blanket approach to condemn the choreography of collective and countervailing action in KwaZulu-Natal and Gauteng, we can unearth a range of factors that have…

Organised labour responds to the government’s decision to make Transnet National Port Authority an independent subsidiary of Transnet

June 23, 2021Vuyani ValashiyaNo commentsJack Mazibuko, Minister of Transport-Fikile Mbalula, Pravin Gordhan, President Cyril Ramaphosa, SATAWU, Steve Harris, TNPA, Transnet, Transnet National Ports Authority (TNPA), UNTU

SATAWU Demands Government to Urgently Release Funds due to SAA Subsidiaries

May 18, 2021Vuyani ValashiyaNo commentsBRP, SAA, SAA BRP, SATAWU, SATAWU Demands Government to Urgently Release Funds due to SAA Subsidiaries, SOE

The South African Transport and Allied Workers’ Union (SATAWU) refutes the notion that the R2.7 billion allocated for South African Airways (SAA) subsidiaries should be suspended and/or stopped. Although the union acknowledges OUTAs (Organisation Undoing Tax Abuse) counter perspectives, we strongly believe that these funds are meant to mitigate the negative socio-economic and structural conditions…

Update on Transnet Salary Negotiations-21-04-2021

April 21, 2021Vuyani ValashiyaNo commentsSATAWU, Transnet, wage negotiations

Update on Transnet Salary Negotiations and Once off Pension Withdrawal

April 19, 2021Vuyani ValashiyaNo commentsPension Withdrawal, SATAWU, South African Transport and Allied Workers Union, Transnet, wage negotiations

Bus Industry Strike Inevitable During Covid-19 Lockdown

March 11, 2021Vuyani ValashiyaNo comments2.5% Wage increase, bus strike 2020, Primary Healthcare Scheme, SATAWU

Bus industry wage negotiations between South African Transport and Allied Workers Union (SATAWU) along with other two unions, National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa (NUMSA) and Transport and Allied Workers Union of South Africa (TAWUSA) and two employer organisations (Commuter Bus Employers Organisation and South African Bus Employers Association) collapsed thus exposing the ailing…

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