The Joint Task Team, consisting of members of the United National Transport Union (UNTU) and Transnet, will meet again on 4 and 5 October 2017 to decide on the outstanding submissions of the Transnet employees affected by the December 2015 […]
UNTU MEMBERS WILL NOT JOIN STRIKE ON 27 SEPTEMBER 2017
The United National Transport Union (UNTU) would like to clarify to our members that the Union will not be joining the National Strike and stay-away of COSATU Union members on 27 September 2017.
UNTU is not affiliated to COSATU. Our […]
UPDATE ON PRASA 19 DISPUTES
The legal team of the United National Transport Union (UNTU) obtained written confirmation from Lindikhaya Zide, Acting Group Chief Executive of the Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa (PRASA) that he will personally ensure that a date is set within […]
TRANSNET COMES CLEAN
The United National Transport Union (UNTU) welcomes Siyabonga Gama’s, Group Chief Executive of Transnet, written confirmation that there will be no forced retrenchments in the 2018/2019 financial year.
This is the first official response Gama has given on the way […]
UNTU MEMBERS WHO HAVE JOINED OTHER UNIONS
The United National Transport Union (UNTU) would like to remind members whom have submitted stop order forms for rival union without resigning from UNTU, that their membership with our Union will be terminated by the Management Committee.
UNTU will […]
AREA COMMITTEE MEETING DATES 2017 (ROUND 2)
As stipulated below please find the dates for the Area Committee Meetings 2017(Round 2).
6 October 2017 Cape Town 10 October 2017 Kimberley 11 October 2017 Bloemfontein 16 October 2017 Johannesburg 17 October 2017 Pretoria 19 October 2017 Durban
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TRANSNET MUST COME CLEAN ABOUT POSSIBLE RETRENCHMENTS IN 2018
Transnet is playing a game of cat and mouse with the fate of thousands of employees, especially those working for Transnet Engineering, because as a state-owned enterprise it does not want Government to lose face and support ahead of the […]
UNTU Executive Council Members saves desperate commuters
Desperate commuters that were delayed for more than six hours whilst travelling on Mainline Passenger Services (MLPS) operating as Shosholoza Meyl had to be rescued by two Executive Council Members of the United National Transport Union (UNTU) on Saturday upon […]
CCMA HAS HAD ENOUGH WITH WANNABE UNIONS ORGANISATIONAL RIGHTS ATTEMPTS
The Commission for Conciliation, Mediation and Arbitration (CCMA) decided to refer all future wannabe Transnet Union disputes over organisational rights to its national office.
This decision comes after several of the CCMA’s regional offices have already made rulings against the […]
FINALLY, PRASA WANTS TO TALK ABOUT 19 ISSUES
The Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa (PRASA) wants to talk to the United National Transport Union (UNTU) on how it proposes to implement the 19 points of a collective agreement the passenger rail agency ignored for more than 16 […]