EWN reports that the United National Transport Union (Untu) claims that the jobs of 45,000 Transnet workers will be at risk should the railway company forge ahead with its private sector participation process.

The union met Transnet management last week to discuss outstanding details about the process. Leveraging private participation into Transnet is premised on seeking private partnerships to help organise, manage and market new revenue streams. But Untu claims Transnet has failed to provide answers on the job security concerns of its members. According to the union, the integration of private sector participation at Transnet ports will create further job insecurity. The union said that despite several meetings with management and recognised labour teams, Transnet has failed to outline what would happen to employees who did not meet the different private skills requirements. It claimed that there had been no indication as to whether employees who were not going to be used in terms of the private sector participation would be allocated positions at all.

• Read the original of the short report in the above regard by Tamika Gounden at EWN

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