BL Premium reports that the National Union of Metalworkers of SA (Numsa) and Gautrain operator Bombela Operating Company (BOC) have reached consensus on four key demands, with the above-inflation pay increase demand the only issue still unresolved.
Numsa has revised its wage demand from 7% to 6%, while BOC has not moved from its 4.2% wage offer. Numsa spokesperson Phakamile Hlubi-Majola said: “We remain deadlocked.” According to information from the BOC, the parties have reached agreement on a housing allowance of R1,400 (currently R1,300), transport allowance of R125 (R112), night shift allowance of R40 per hour (R37 per hour) and performance bonus of R10,016 (R9,612). Numsa embarked on a strike balloting process at Gautrain on Tuesday over its 6% wage demand. Numsa recently called on BOC to table a meaningful wage offer to avoid an “imminent crippling strike” that could result in a “total shutdown of services”. Wage talks between BOC and Numsa deadlocked on 9 June and attempts by the CCMA to break the impasse failed recently, resulting in the CCMA’s issuing the union with a ‘strike certificate’.
- Read the full original of the report in the above regard by Luyolo Mkentane at BusinessLive (subscriber access only)
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