THE National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa (NUMSA) is on the verge of holding a strike in the passenger bus sector after a continued deadlock in wage talks.
This after wage talks with employers in February at the South African Road Passenger Bargaining Council (SARPBC) deadlocked and NUMSA lodged a dispute.
The union said there have been no meaningful wage increases in the bus passenger sector since 2020 and 2021.
NUMSA is demanding that the lowest category of employees in the sector have their wages hiked from around R7 800 to R12 000 a month.
The employer bodies at the bargaining council are offering a 2.5% increase to the newest employees.
NUMSA’s spokesperson Phakamile Hlubi-Majola said employers were using the Covid-19 pandemic as an excuse for the lack of wage increases in the sector.
“The cooling-off period will end on the 13th of April which is two days before
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