BusinessLive reports that trade unions representing workers in the road freight and logistics industry have warned of a strike that could affect key industries in SA’s economy.  

The action could encompass cash-in-transit guards, couriers and truck drivers.  A wage dispute between parties at the National Bargaining Council for the Road Freight and Logistics Industry (NBCRFLI) has been referred to the CCMA for conciliation.  The parties will apparently engage on 1 August and should no agreement be reached by 17 August, a strike certificate might be issued.  In wage talks that commenced on 4 June, workers demanded 32% wage increases across the board for three years, coming to 10.6% each year from 2018, while employers offered 18%.  Unions also tabled a precedent-setting demand that foreign nationals be limited to 25% of the overall employees in each company in the sector.  For cash-in-transit employees, the unions want employers to hire extra security and for minimum wages to be increased to R20,000 a month due to the dangers faced on the job.  The wage demand truck drivers amounts to R15,000 a month.

• Read this report by Theto Mahlakoana in full at BusinessLive
• Read too, Labour unions warn of looming road freight industry strike, at The Citizen

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