Pretoria Zoo slapped with 48-hour strike notice as negotiations collapse
Attempts to avert industrial action at the Pretoria Zoo officially collapsed on Thursday‚ with the National Trade Union Congress slapping management of the National Zoological Gardens of South Africa (NZG) with a strike notice.Craig Allenby, spokesperson for the Pretoria Zoo, said the notice indicated that members of the union‚ which represents about 120 workers at the zoo‚ intended demonstrating and picketing after the expiry of the 48-hour notice period. He said the unresolved dispute related to an agreement signed in 2009 between the NZG and its various trade unions on the implementation of a seven-day work week. "(The union) is now demanding that the agreement be cancelled and that employees be paid overtime for work performed during weekends‚" he said.Zoo management stressed that the zoo‚ which attracts more than 150‚000 children annually‚ was a seven-day operation and that it was both impractical and financially unfeasible to meet the demands of the union.Founded in 1899‚ the ...
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