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BL Premium reports that the United National Transport Union (Untu) is threatening legal action over attempts by the Passenger Rail Agency of SA (Prasa) to renege on implementing the one-year 5.5% wage deal it signed with unions in July.
Untu’s Atenkosi Plaatjie said the union noted with “great dismay and contempt” the recent letter by Prasa acting CFO Brian Alexander, which he addressed to Untu general secretary Cobus van Vuuren. “In the letter, Prasa states that the entity will potentially not be complying with the 2025/26 salary/wage collective agreement signed with recognised labour on July 24 2025,” she reported.
Atenkosi pointed out that according to the signed legal agreement, “Prasa is required to implement a 5.5% across-the-board increase on the total guaranteed package at the end of August 2025, with a lump sum back payment due at the end of the September payroll. Untu views this letter as a deliberate act of disrespect and disregard for collective bargaining.” She indicated that if Prasa failed to implement the salary/wage agreement “in its full context, covering each and every element per the agreed timelines”, Untu would enforce the agreement in its entirety through litigation.
- Read the full original of the report in the above regard by Luyolo Mkentane at BusinessLive (subscriber access only)
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