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EWN reports that the Labour Court in Johannesburg has reserved judgement in a wage-related dispute involving the Passenger Rail Agency of SA (Prasa).
The United National Transport Union (Untu) had brought an urgent application to force the rail agency to adhere to a collective agreement and pay this year's 5% wage increase. According to Untu, a wage increase of 5% was due on 1 April but Prasa failed to make the payments. The union's Sonja Castens said that the agency did not provide any reasons why it could not do so. “No employer should be allowed to just ignore an existing collective agreement because collective bargaining is one of the pillars of our Labour Relations Act,” she remarked. This is the second time that Untu had approached the Labour Court about implementation of wage increases. In December, Untu brought an urgent application against the rail agency after it failed to pay the first year of the multi-term agreement that was concluded in September.
- Read the full original of the report in the above regard by Kaylynn Palm at EWN
- Read Untu’s press statement on this matter at Untu News
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