The National Union of Metalworkers of SA has chosen a critical travelling period to threaten a national strike in the bus sector ahead of the Easter long weekend, demanding a 7% wage increase and insurance benefits.
The South African Road Passenger Bargaining Council says it is committed to reaching an agreement with trade unions amid threats of a nationwide bus strike ahead of the Easter weekend.
The bus passenger sector workers said that employers, the South African Bus Employers Association and the Commuter Bus Employers Organisation, had refused to negotiate a salary increase since January.
Strikes by Palestinian teachers on the West Bank over pay and conditions continue in defiance of union; teachers in 50 cities across Iran and petrochemical workers walk out over pay and conditions; general strike in Algeria over rise in price of cooking oil and wheat; miners at Sibanye-Stillwater gold mines South African entering third month of strike reject latest pay offer and hold out for 9.8 percent; one-day national strikes and rallies in Italy and Belgium over pay