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NUMSA warns of a looming nationwide bus strike over Easter.
As we approach the Easter holidays, the National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa has warned that it is preparing for a nationwide bus strike.
NUMSA, which is demanding between 10-15% salary increases has claimed that employees won’t think twice about downsizing because the employer isn’t doing fair negotiations.
Point of View Phemelo Motene spoke to Numsa National Spokesperson, Phakamile Hlubi-Majola about the looming strike.
Listen to the full conversation here:
In a recent podcast posted by NUMSA on YouTube NUMSA sector coordinator in the Chemical, Bus Passenger, and Motor sector, comrade Mduduzi Nkosi explained the challenges NUMSA is having with Bus sector employers.
The biggest challenge when we go for negotiations with bus companies, these employers come up with demands. Before we even talk about issues of the workers, we will have to overcome obstacles that have been put on the process by the employers themselves. it is their strategy, I don’t think it is helpful at all. Our core demands in the bus sector, obviously, the increases are one of the core demands, we have demanded 15%, our compromise where 10%, that were we are stuck.
Mduduzi Nkosi
WATCH THE CONVERSATION HERE:
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