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BL Premium reports that the Passenger Rail Agency of SA (Prasa) has yet to formally table an offer to the two largest unions at its workplaces, which have now approached the Commission for Conciliation, mediation and Arbitration (CCMA) for intervention.
“There is still no offer on the table from the management,” said Atenkosi Plaatjie, spokesperson of the United National Transport Union (Untu). She said the dispute of mutual interest would be heard at the CCMA on 10 April. SA Transport and Allied Workers’ Union (Satawu) spokesperson Amanda Tshemese indicated that parties would meet again next week Monday. Untu and Satawu, the two largest unions at Prasa, declared a dispute at the CCMA last week and threatened industrial action after the rail operator “refused” to formally respond to demands for wage increases. Satawu and Untu’s consolidated wage demands include a 15% across-the-board wage increase for 2025/26. They are also demanding a R3,000 housing subsidy, R50 per hour standby allowance, R10 per hour night shift allowance, a moratorium on retrenchments and a medical aid subsidy with the employer contributing 70%. The two unions declared a dispute with the CCMA after talks, which began early this year, stalled for the third time at Prasa’s Umjantshi House headquarters in Johannesburg a week ago.
- Read the full original of the report in the above regard by Luyolo Mkentane at BusinessLive (subscriber access only)
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