LERATO MBHIZA AND ANDILE MBELE
The National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa (Numsa) has secured an above inflation wage increase of 8% across the board for all workers at Gautrain and managed to get management to agree for staff to use the train services to get to and from work for free.
The Consumer Price Inflation is currently standing at 6.9%.
The trade union welcomed the agreement saying it resolved the burning issues which sparked the dispute with the employer, said Numsa General Secretary Irvin Jim.
“We secured an above inflation increase of 8% at a time when most employers are not granting any increases, and we secured a double digit percent increase on housing allowance. Initially the employer wanted to abolish the housing allowance but we managed to retain and increase it,” said Jim.
Jim said the union has also managed to persuade the employer to reinstate the
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