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Mining Weekly reports that Transnet and its recognised unions – the United National Transport Union (UNTU) and the SA Transport and Allied Workers’ Union (Satawu) – will reconvene talks at the Commission for Conciliation, Mediation and Arbitration (CCMA) on Wednesday after intensive negotiations on Monday failed to deliver a breakthrough.
The state-owned freight logistics group said in a statement that the first day of CCMA-facilitated conciliation talks adjourned in the early hours of Tuesday morning. The company added: “The parties have agreed and signed on the picketing rules and picketing sites, and remain willing to find a solution on the wage negotiations, under the auspices of the CCMA. The parties to the negotiations are considering alternative proposals and will reconvene on Wednesday, 12 October 2022 to take the process forward.” Transnet has offered increases of between 1.5% and 3% effective from April, but unions are demanding between 12% and 13.5%. Transnet has declared force majeure, indicating that it is unable to fulfil its contractual obligations to clients, which include major minerals exporters.
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