No buses on Joburg’s streets until Metrobus agrees to talk, union vows
Demawusa is demanding a wage hike of 18%, well above the 3.2% inflation rate recorded in March
The Democratic Municipal Workers Union of SA (Demawusa), which has been on strike at Metrobus for a week, says no buses will operate in the City of Johannesburg until management agrees to negotiate higher wages with its members.
But the bus company, which transports between 12,000 and 16,000 passengers a day, says there is no way it will enter into a wage agreement with Demawusa as salary issues are discussed at the SA Local Government Bargaining Council (Salgbc). Demawusa, an affiliate of the SA Federation of Trade Unions (Saftu), is not part of the bargaining council as it is a minority union at Metrobus due to a lower membership...
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