Bus strike over but NUMSA not happy
All back to normal after bus strike left many struggling with transport
The National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa is not at all happy with the wage increase of 9% tabled by transport bodies.
According to a piece published by iol, “Metalworkers union Numsa has blamed the SA Transport and Allied Workers Union (Satawu), Transport & Omnibus Workers Union (Towu) and Transport and Allied Workers Union of South Africa (Tawusa) for signing the nine percent wage deal without ensuring that working conditions were improved.”
A report from HeraldLive states that Numsa, as quoted, “had to accept this sell-out deal for the sake of industrial peace and stability in the sector”.
Rea Vaya has, on their website, published an article indicating that the bus services would resume as normal from April 15.
“The national bus strike is over. The service will operate according to normal bus schedules. The City apologizes to passengers for lack of service during the strike.” as quoted from the article.
Workers from Gautrain and MyCiti Bus and Rea Vaya were reported to have commenced with work from April 15 and Putco the day before.
National bus drivers’ strike has been resolved. MyCiTi back in operation as from Sat 15 Apr. Info/ assistance? Call 0800 65 64 63
— MyCiTi Bus (@MyCiTiBus) April 14, 2017
The Gautrain Bus service is operating to schedule. The weekend service is operating as of today & weekday services will resume on Tuesday.
— Gautrain (@TheGautrain) April 15, 2017
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