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Full Gautrain service back on track after two-week strike ends
The Gautrain strike has ended, with operating company Bombela agreeing to give workers an 8% salary increase. "The company has agreed to give our members an 8% increase‚ backdated to July 15‚" said Federation of Unions of South Africa (Fedusa) spokesperson Dennis George. Full Gautrain services will resume on Wednesday after the two-week-long strike‚ according to Bombela. "In the meantime‚ the reduced service that is currently operational will be further enhanced for [Tuesday] and communicated to passengers and the media over the course of today‚" said Gautrain spokesperson Kesagee Nayager. "We thank our passengers for their patience and understanding during this time. "We can also confirm that passengers who have been unable to utilise their weekly or monthly train products as a result of the strike will be compensated for unused trips and no administration fee will be applied," said Nayager. In terms of the pay agreement‚ workers who earned less than R8‚500 a month would have their...
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