The United National Transport Union (UNTU) and Transnet today signed a wage agreement at the Transnet Bargaining Council for a 5% wage increase backdated to 1 April 2021 for Transnet employees.
The signing of this agreement brings stability to […]
PRASA COMMITTED TO PAY WAGE INCREASE, BUT DON’T HAVE THE MONEY
Zolani Matthews, the Group Chief Executive Officer of the Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa (Prasa), says the passenger rail service is committed to paying the 5% wage increase in terms of a multi-term agreement, but do not have the […]
MAJORITY OF UNTU BRANCHES ACCEPTS TRANSNET REVISED FINAL WAGE OFFER 2021
The United National Transport Union (UNTU) informed Transnet today that it will be signing the revised final wage offer for 2021 and conclude the collective agreement after an overwhelming response from the majority of the Union’s Branches to accept the […]
TRANSNET WAGES: UNTU BRANCHES GIVES OVERWELMING MANDATE TO REJECT WAGE INSULT
An outstanding response was received from the branches of the United National Transport Union (UNTU) in Transnet, to the Transnet wage mandate requested on the facilitator’s proposal of a 4% wage increase linked to mandatory membership of a medical aid, […]
JUDGEMENT RESERVED ON UNTU’s URGENT COURT APPLICATION AGAINST PRASA ON WAGE INCREASE
Judgement was reserved this morning during the virtual Labour Court in Johannesburg in the urgent application brought by the United National Transport Union (UNTU) against the Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa (Prasa) to force it to adhere to a […]
UPDATE: TRANSNET WAGE NEGOTIATIONS (2021) – CONCILIATION – FACILITATOR TRYING TO AVERT COMPLETE STANDSTILL OF GOODS AND COMMODITIES
Meshack Ravuku, the facilitator in the ongoing wage dispute between Transnet and the United National Transport Union (UNTU), wants to try to avert a strike in Transnet, the largest and most crucial part of the freight logistics chain that delivers […]
UNTU TAKING PRASA TO COURT OVER NON-PAYMENT OF 5% WAGE INCREASE 2021
The United National Transport Union (UNTU) instructed its legal team to file an urgent application against the Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa (Prasa) in the Labour Court, to compel the state-owned enterprise (SOE) to pay the 5% wage increase […]
UPDATE: TRANSNET WAGE NEGOTIATIONS (2021) – CONCILIATION – TRANSNET HEADING FOR A REPEAT OF THE 2010 THREE WEEK STRIKE
Transnet, the largest and most crucial part of the freight logistics chain that delivers goods to each South African, is heading for a repeat of the three-week-long strike it had in 2010.
If the United National Transport Union (UNTU) and […]
UPDATE: TRANSNET WAGE NEGOTIATIONS (2021) – CONCILIATION
Organised Labour lowered its wage demand today with another 2% to 8% and gave up its demand for full paid paternity leave, in an attempt to conciliate the deadlock in Transnet wage negotiations at the Transnet Bargaining Council (TBC).
This […]
NON-PAYMENT OF 5% WAGE INCREASE 2021
The Group Chief Executive Officer (GCEO), Mr Matthews and the PRASA Management Team requested to meet with Labour on 28 April 2021.
UNTU then agreed to give Management ample opportunity to obtain the necessary funding to implement and pay […]
