According to the SA Municipal Workers’ Union (Samwu), the labour court has instructed Rea Vaya bus drivers to end their strike and return to work. Samwu spokesperson Phumlile Shange said the order was made on Wednesday. “This is an...
Bus drivers working for Rea Vaya parked their vehicles on Monday and entered into a strike leaving around 35 000 commuters stranded in Johannesburg. Talks over wages and shifts between the Johannesburg municipality, employer and workers proved...
After a total of 19 days of strike action and over 4 months of negotiations, parties finally managed to settle the dispute with a THREE YEAR DEAL, which will be implemented on 1 March 2013, subject to the Minister of Labour promulgating and...
Click on the below link for the circular from TRANSNET regarding the secondary strike notice they received: Update-on-SATAWUs-Secondary-Strike-Notice2.pdf
The transport strike is gradually slowing day with thousands of workers expected to return to work today although it is not clear as to how many of the unions are ending the strike. The Road Freight Employers Association (RFEA) said the unions...
Cape Town – Truck drivers marched in Parow, Cape Town, on Thursday morning to hand over a memorandum to the road freight bargaining council, a union official said. SA Transport and Allied Workers’ Union (Satawu) spokesperson Vincent...
Unions have warned that the current truck drivers strike could go on for longer and intensify should their demands not be met. “Our strike would be converted to a mass rolling action if we fail to reach an agreement with the employer,”...
What every person in road freight should know… RFA(RFEA) MEMBERS TAKE NOTE In the interest of avoiding any confusion we wish to recap the complete process that led to the current deadlock which resulted in the strike in the Road Freight...
The first protected strike by truck drivers will take place in the Johannesburg CBD on Monday after the transport unions were issued with a permit. The permitted march will be a stark contrast to the violent strikes that took place last week....