Road Freight Employers Association

The four unions involved in the road freight strike have rejected the Road Freight Employers’ Association’s latest offer, the company said.

The countrywide road freight workers’ strike is to continue on Thursday as no resolution was reached during wage talks on Wednesday.

The wage offer made to striking road freight workers was increased to 8% across the board after 5pm on Wednesday, Satawu said.

Talks to end a sometimes violent truck driver strike that has seen hundreds of petrol stations run dry, continued into the early hours of Wednesday.

Some petrol stations have run dry as a strike in the road freight industry enters its third day, the Fuel Retailers Association said on Thursday.

Wage negotiations between truck drivers and their employers will continue on Wednesday, the Road Freight Employers’ Association said.

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.