STRIKE
Union wants Gautrain to disclose finances
The Gautrain strike that crippled the company’s services on Monday and left thousands of commuters stranded would continue until Bombela Operating Company (BOC), which operates the Gautrain, presents its audited financial statements to the United National Transport Union (Untu). The union, which represents 250 Gautrain employees — 90% of its total headcount — said workers decided to down tools for the first time over the company’s refusal to explain why their incentive benefits would not be linked to its financial performance as in the case of executives. The Gautrain provides 380,000 individual trips daily for commuters in the country’s economic capital. The strike by cleaners, security guards, train conductors, drivers, control office officials and assistants comes after wage negotiations that started in March collapsed in spite of intervention by an independent facilitator. Untu said on Monday that while the company maintained its 10% wage demand was unaffordable, it had no way o...
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