National bus strike
Bus services expected to resume on Tuesday
Satawu's Zanele Sabela has confirmed all agreements have been signed and the strike is over.
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Bus strike: Unions, bosses seal wage deal
Last week, all five unions agreed to a 9% wage increase in the first year and 8% in the second.
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Issue of back pay a 'stumbling block' in bus strike talks
Unions and employers have not yet been able to agree on the back pay of employees for April when the strike began.
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Bus Strike: Unions, members to discuss if they should settle or demand back pay
On the table sits an agreeable offer for unions at 9% for the frist year, 8% for the second year and all other issues have been handed to a task team.
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Unions say bus strike continues despite agreement on offer
This is despite an agreement on the offer on the table. The sticking point is workers' demand for backpay from 1 April.
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Satawu expected to announce new wage offer tomorrow
Satawu spokesperson Zanele Sabela says unions met with employers on Thursday and a new offer was on the table.
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Further talks planned in bid to end national bus strike
Unions have made a counter-demand of a 9% wage increase for the first year and 8% in 2019.
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Bus strike continues as unions await response to counter-offer
On Tuesday, the labour caucus came up with a counter-offer to end the four week-long bus strike.
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Satawu makes counter-offer to employers amid bus strike
The strike over pay and other employee conditions began more than three weeks ago, leaving thousands of commuters stranded nationwide.
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'Bus strike could jeopardise the industry’s future'
The bus strike has entered its fourth week, forcing millions of commuters to find alternative transport and spending large sums of money.
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Commuters await outcome of talks as bus strike drags on
Bus commuters will wait with bated breath to hear if striking drivers will accept the revised offer.
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Unions accuse bus companies of not caring about plight of workers
Transport unions shared this sentiment as they mull over a new wage offer of 8.75% for the first year and 8.25% for the second.
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No end in sight to national bus strike as unions, employers discuss new offer
Transport union Satawu says that unions and employers are currently discussing a new offer.
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New offer put on bargaining table in attempt to end bus drivers’ strike
Workers have been on strike for nearly a month, demanding a 9% wage hike.
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#BusStrike: Unions to intensify mass action following wage talks deadlock
Satawu, Numsa, Tirisano, Tawusa and Towa say they will meet on Friday to finalise the details of the protests in various parts of the country.
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Talks to end national bus strike deadlock again
Satawu's Zanele Sabela says that employers are negotiating in bad faith.
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Satawu now looking at other ways to intensify protests
Satawu's Zanele Sabela says the employers are negotiating in bad faith.
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Labour Minister Oliphant hopeful bus strike will end soon
Bus employers say they are still open to negotiations in a bid to end the industrial action.
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Labour Minister remains positive bus strike will end soon
This comes as bus employers say they are still open to negotiations with unions in a bid to end the nationwide strike that's now in the third week.
