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BL Premium reports that the two largest unions at the Passenger Rail Agency of SA (Prasa), namely the United National Transport Union (Untu) and the SA Transport and Allied Workers’ Union (Satawu), have accepted the rail operator’s final wage offer of 5.5% for 2025/26 after a mandate-seeking process yielded positive results.
Untu’s Atenkosi Plaatjie said the wage deal reached on Thursday included a no-retrenchment clause. Plaatjie went on to indicate: “The salary increase will be implemented and effective on the August payroll run. Back payment for the period, April 1 2025 to July 31 2025 will be paid in a one-off lump sum at the end of September 2025.” Satawu and Untu’s consolidated wage demands had included a 15% across-the-board wage increase. The unions had also demanded a R3,000 housing subsidy, a standby allowance of R50/hour, a night shift allowance of R10/hour, a moratorium on retrenchments and a medical aid subsidy, with the employer contributing 70%. Satawu’s Amanda Tshemese said after a lengthy and difficult mandatory process “our members have mandated us to accept the offer on the basis that workers will be back paid in lump sum” and added: “We wish to assure our members that the outstanding demands such as night shift allowance and standby allowance will be discussed in the bargaining forum.”
- Read the full original of the report in the above regard by Luyolo Mkentane at BusinessLive (subscriber access only)
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