Unitrans serves Numsa with retrenchment notice
Unitrans Passengers, which owns Greyhound, Magic Transfers and Megabus has served the National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa (NUMSA) with a section 189 notice.
Greyhound announced yesterday that it’s the end of the road for its bus service, as well as those of its subsidiary, Citiliner.
The wheels of the last buses will roll on 14 February 2021.
NUMSA spokesperson Phakamile Hlubi-Majola says Unitrans Passenger only informed the union on Tuesday about the decision and that it anticipates a total closure from 15 February 2021.
“Unitrans has from the onset undermined the prescripts of the Labour Relations Act that imposes a mandatory 60-day time period for consultation.
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NUMSA is weighing its options and does not rule out the possibility of approaching the labour court to interdict the entire process.
“We are waiting for the CCMA to indicate to us when they will hand down a date for the first consultation,” says Hlubi-Majola.
Unitrans Passenger employs more than 3 000 employees from its various passenger divisions.
An estimated 693 employees will be affected by the contemplated closure of the companies Greyhound, Magic Bus and Megabus Midrand.
