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/ 14 November 2010
The SA Transport and Allied Workers’ Union plans to embark on a march next week to oppose the implementation of the new traffic demerit system.
A strike by SA Transport and Allied Workers’ Union members against the Passenger Rail Agency of SA went into its third week on Monday.
There are no signs of an end to the dispute between Satawu and the Passenger Rail Association of South Africa, the union said on Wednesday.
The South African Transport and Allied Workers Union on Monday issued secondary strike notices to several port-related companies, an official said.
Train commuters will have to wait until Monday for Metrorail trains as one of the transport unions had not signed a deal with Parsa by Thursday night.
Two national strikes by transport unions that have disrupted economic activity and left commuters stranded for days could be over by Friday.
A bus strike planned for Monday has been cancelled after industry employees accepted their employers’ offer.
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/ 28 January 2010
A strike by Metrorail workers continued into a fourth day on Thursday, despite a court interdict ordering them back to work, the company said.
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/ 19 November 2009
Satawu members marched to Gauteng public safety offices on Thursday to give the department an ultimatum to respond to their demands.
Cosatu has asked ANC president Jacob Zuma to add two more of its leaders to his Cabinet to strengthen the left’s influence in government.
Violence accompanying the Satawu strike was condemned by the Gauteng minister of community safety, Firoz Cachalia, on Thursday.
Former national director of public prosecutions Bulelani Ngcuka must be immediately removed from the board of Transnet, Satawu demanded on Tuesday.
Talks to resolve a pay dispute between Satawu and the Road Freight Employers’ Association continued late on Tuesday afternoon.
Talks to resolve a pay dispute with Satawu members would continue on Tuesday, the Road Freight Employers’ Association said.
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/ 6 February 2009
The first portion of a total of R1,2-billion in bus subsidies is to be paid next week, the Pretoria High Court heard on Friday.
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/ 29 January 2009
A court order forcing government to pay about R300-million for its outstanding bus subsidy payments was an interim solution, Satawu said on Thursday.
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/ 28 January 2009
Bus operators can only afford to pay their staff wages for the next two weeks because of a subsidy shortage, it was reported on Wednesday.