Metrobus warns of further disruptions
Attacks on buses continue as striking workers intimidate those still on the job, with two drivers having been injured in the Johannesburg CBD
Metrobus has been struggling since Tuesday to transport thousands of commuters in the city due to a strike by the Democratic Municipal & Allied Workers Union of South Africa (Demawusa). Four buses were stoned and two drivers were injured in the Johannesburg CBD when the strike started on Tuesday. On Wednesday morning five windows of a bus were broken after it was stoned en route to Gandhi Square after departing from the Roodepoort depot. No one was injured. Negotiations deadlocked on Wednesday‚ but will resume on Thursday at 8am.
Demawusa spokesperson Dion Makhura said their demands to the bus company included: • Increasing salaries in line with the number of years an employee has been employed; • Increasing the salaries of new employees to the Metrobus salary scale; • Paying long service bonuses of a month’s salary multiplied by the number of years an employee has been employed when they resign‚ retire or die; • Removing employees who have been in acting positions for more th...
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