EWN reports that according to Metrobus, it had resolved to take the Democratic Municipal and Allied Workers’ Union (Demawusa) to the Labour Court for its strike to be interdicted.  

The strike headed into a third day on Wednesday.  The workers are demanding to be paid in line with their years of experience at the Johannesburg municipal entity and for office space to be allocated to the union in all three Metrobus depots.  But Metrobus indicated that as a minority union, Demawusa had limited bargaining rights.  Metrobus spokesperson Goodwill Shivuri said:  "We will be heading to court to see if we can get an interdict on the strike, so as soon as we get the green light we want to redeem services as soon as possible."  But Demawusa's Dion Makhura was convinced they had a counter case.  "It's not difficult because we were given the go-ahead to strike on the two issues," he asserted.

• Read the full original of the above report by Kgomotso Modise at EWN

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