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- Title
South Africa: Logistics.
- Abstract
In its statement, the company said a wage dispute had been formally declared with the South African Transport and Allied Workers Union (SATAWU) and the United National Transport Union (UNTU) after negotiations which started in May.Transnet said the unions had rejected its offer of a 1.5% increase in employees' pay, excluding medical and housing allowances." South Africa's Transnet has announced a deadlock in wage negotiations, with two labour unions raising the prospect of a strike that could further cripple the state-owned logistics company and affect Africa's most advanced economy. Their position remains unchanged from the previous rounds of wage negotiations, with a demand for a 12% increase on annual guaranteed pay, as well as other demands which add up to a total increase in labour costs of 21%", it said.UNTU general secretary, Cobus van Vuuren, told Reuters that his union, which he said was the majority at Transnet with more than 50% of the workforce, had rejected Transnet's offer as it was way below the inflation rate, recorded at 7.8% year-on-year in July.He said the formal declaration of a dispute allowed a 30-day "cooling-off period" for further negotiations with Transnet."However, if there's no compromise reached by the parties, that would enable labour to go through a balloting process where members will mandate whether we can embark on protected industrial action or not", van Vuuren said.SATAWU described Transnet's offer as an "insult" but said it remained open to further negotiations.
- Subjects
SOUTH Africa; REUTERS Ltd.; HOUSING subsidies; LOGISTICS; STRIKES &; lockouts; WAGE increases; TRANSPORT workers
- Publication
Africa Research Bulletin: Economic, Financial & Technical Series, 2022, Vol 59, Issue 8, p23999B
- ISSN
2053-227X
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/j.1467-6346.2022.10768.x