BL Premium reports that state-owned logistics company Transnet has reached a new three-year wage deal with its majority union, the United National Transport Union (Untu).
The agreement will ease congestion at SA ports as more than half the workforce returns to work. The strike, which entered its second week on Monday, has disrupted railways and ports and affected key sectors of the economy. Untu, which represents 24,992 members in the Transnet bargaining council, on Monday signed the Commission for Conciliation, Mediation and Arbitration (CCMA) below-inflation deal, which includes a 6% increase for the lowest paid worker in year one and a medical aid and housing allowance increase. The union had demanded a 12% increase. “The agreement, which applies to all bargaining unit employees, including those who are not members of Untu, is effective from 1 April 2022 and will be implemented from 1 October 2022,” Transnet indicated. Members of the SA Transport and Allied Workers Union (Satawu), a minority union at Transnet, are still on strike and have rejected Transnet’s revised wage offer of up to 5.3% across the board. “We are still engaging with our members, we haven’t accepted any offer ... All Satawu members have rejected the offer,” Satawu general secretary Jack Mazibuko indicated.
- Read the full original of the report in the above regard by Thando Maeko at BusinessLive (subscriber access only)
- Read too, Transnet announces three-year deal with key union after brutal strike, at Fin24
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