Press Statement dated 29 March 2018
A Commissioner of the Commission for Conciliation, Mediation and Arbitration (CCMA) will try to conciliate the wage dispute between the United National Transport Union (UNTU) and the Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa (Prasa) on 13 April 2018 at 09:00.
The CCMA set the date today after UNTU declared a dispute earlier this week, when Prasa refused to increase its wage offer from 7, 3% and does not want to include a no retrenchment clause in the proposed wage agreement.
UNTU is demanding a 13% salary increase for 2018 and that the employer increase its acting allowance by 18%. The Union also wants the state-owned enterprise to agree not to retrench any employees within the next financial year.
If the CCMA is unable to resolve the dispute, the Union will be issued with a certificate that will allow the Union to embark on a protected strike in Prasa within 48 hours.
Issued by Issued on behalf of United National Transport Union (UNTU) by Sonja Carstens, Media and Liaison Officer