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BL Premium reports that one of the unions in the bus sector has given the strongest indication yet that it might not accept the employers’ revised wage offer of 4.5%, which averted a possible strike over the Easter long weekend.
The Transport and Omnibus Workers Union (Towu) said it was not impressed by the revised offer, with general secretary Tony Franks indicating: “[We] won’t accept anything less than [the] inflation [rate]. We want to settle at 6.5% if that is possible. Indications are that inflation could rise to 6.2% this year, and with the Eskom load-shedding, things are going to get a bit more expensive. From our side, obviously, we are encouraged by the employers’ decision to move closer to inflation because last year we received a wage increase of 4%.” Franks added that it would be a “prize” for unions if the parties settled on above-inflation increase. The National Union of Metalworkers of SA (Numsa), SA Transport and Allied Workers’ Union (Satawu), Transport and Allied Workers Union (Tawusa), Tirisano Transport and Services Workers Union (Taswu) and Towu initially demanded an 11% wage increase. Employer organisations in the SA Road Passenger Bargaining Council (Sarpbac) initially offered the unions a 2.5% wage increase, which has now been revised upwards to 4.5%. Satawu’s Solomon Mahlangu advised: “We are still holding a labour caucus as the trade unions. The consolidated response will be compiled and delivered to employers and the bargaining council on Wednesday.”
- Read the full original of the report in the above regard by Luyolo Mkentane at BusinessLive (subscriber access only)
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