Johnathan Paoli
THE National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa (NUMSA) has threatened to take bus company Putco to the Labour Court after talks over the treatment of suspended drivers collapsed.
The union issued a statement on Tuesday and confirmed that negotiations had broken down and said that Putco was mistreating its suspended workers.
Putco suspended more than 100 bus drivers in 2022 for participation in an unprotected strike.
Numsa General Secretary Irvin Jim said they did not find common ground during talks and that Putco wanted to dictate to the union on how to defend workers.
Jim said Putco has demanded the union guarantees that CCMA arbitration hearings are conducted and concluded by the beginning of April this year, failing which, workers will not be paid their salaries while on suspension.
“The union cannot agree to this because there are at least 120 workers who must be defended. It
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