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News24 reports that the SA Road Passenger Bargaining Council (SARPBAC) has announced that on Tuesday employers and trade unions in the road passenger sector reached a 4% wage increase agreement for the coming year.
SARPBAC general secretary Gary Wilson pointed out that the Covid-19 pandemic had had a devastating impact on the passenger bus sector, resulting in some company closures and accompanying job losses. He said he was pleased that the parties had demonstrated a commitment to see the industry recover by agreeing to an inflationary wage increase. "Until Covid-19, we had seldom had a wage increase under 8% and that placed parties under a lot of pressure," Wilson said. He commended the parties for remaining positive in the face of challenges brought on by the pandemic. But, Mayibenathi Matwa of the Democratised Transport Logistics and Allied Workers Union (Detawu) said they viewed the 4% settlement as "a sell-out position" by the unions in the bargaining council. "As Detawu, we do not have a seat at the council. However, we do not believe the other unions were acting on the workers' mandate by accepting 4% when CPI is sitting at 3.6%. Basically this is a non-increase for workers."
- Read the full original of the report in the above regard by Carin Smith at News24
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