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TimesLIVE reports that the Bombela Operating Company (BOC), which operates the Gautrain, advised on Tuesday that although it had agreed with the National Union of Metalworkers of SA (Numsa) to hold three wage-negotiation sittings, the union abandoned the negotiations after the second sitting.
“The third sitting has since been agreed for Friday, and the company remains committed to engage with Numsa in good faith to find an amicable solution to the impasse,” Gautrain spokesperson Kesagee Nayager indicated. The company was responding to a statement issued by Numsa on Friday, which said a strike was looming at Gautrain. The union said the parties could not agree on the union's demands, including an 8% across-the-board increase, a night shift allowance of R38 per hour, a housing allowance of R1,750 and an increase in the transport allowance from R100 to R125 per shift or R2,100 per month for all shift workers whether they worked or not. Numsa said it had been issued with a strike certificate and would be balloting its members in preparation for the strike. In response, the BOC admitted the parties had not reached agreement on the wage negotiations and that the CCMA had issued a certificate of non-resolution. However, it added that Numsa had in principle agreed to a number of proposals, inclusive of a housing allowance, which contradicted the statement by the union that the company sought to “abolish the housing allowance”.
- Read the full original of the report in the above regard by Ernest Mabuza at TimesLIVE
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