Workers set to down tools at Transnet
Workers are planning to down tools at Transnet from next week.
A notice of intention to strike nationally is being filed on behalf of workers.
Wage talks between unions and the employer have collapsed.
Unions had demanded a 13.5% increase.
Transnet said it was struggling financially and instead made a counter-offer of only 1.5%.
Trade union Satawu, which represents 13 500 Transnet employees, says the offer by the employer is insulting under the current economic conditions.
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“Today, before the end of the day, we are going to send a 48-hour notice to the employer that we will be embarking on a legal and protected strike,” the the union’s spokesperson Amanda Tshemese.
“We have received a letter from the Commission for Conciliation, Mediation and Arbitration to find ways of breaking the deadlock and find common ground between ourselves and the employer.
“If Transnet fails to table a better offer, on Monday we are going on strike.”
