Passenger Rail Agency of SA (Prasa) group CEO Hishaam Emeran is on Tuesday expected to meet with the two largest unions at the rail operator after they lodged a dispute at the CCMA over their demands for wage increases of 15%.

The United National Transport Union (Untu) and SA Transport & Allied Workers Union (Satawu) declared a dispute at the Commission for Conciliation, Mediation & Arbitration (CCMA) weeks ago and threatened industrial action after Prasa “refused” to formally respond to demands for wage increases five times the rate of inflation...

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