In the lead-up to Wednesday’s Commission for Conciliation, Mediation and Arbitration (CCMA) meeting, trade unions hope to hear what alternatives KAP Industrial Holdings considered before announcing the closure of Greyhound, Magic Transfers and Mega Bus – a move that would leave hundreds of workers unemployed.
This comes after the bus operator announced on 3 February that it would be discontinuing its services with effect from Sunday, 14 February.
On Monday, the Democratised Transport Logistics and Allied Workers Union (Detawu) met Greyhound management at the first CCMA-facilitated Section 189 consultation.
The consultations require that the company be transparent with the trade unions and the workers involved and aim to “ensure the fairness of the process”, Detawu deputy general secretary Nontembeko Luzipo told
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Unitrans may have breached labour laws in Greyhound closure - unions
By Bongani Hans
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Durban - Unitrans Passenger, which owns Greyhound and Citiliner Coaches, has been accused by labour unions of breaching labour laws in the hasty announcement to shut down operations, rendering hundreds of their members jobless.
The unions have undertaken to take the matter to the Commission for Conciliation, Mediation and Arbitration (CCMA), where they will present their argument that they were kept in the dark ahead of the shutdown announcement.
Unitrans allegedly took the decision unanimously and even rejected unions’ offer to assist it in finding a solution that would keep the buses on the road.
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Citizen reporter Numsa s comments come after a recent meeting between Numsa and the executive management of Airchefs regarding the non-payment of salaries. Numsa boss Irvin Jim. Photo: ANA / Stringer
This is according to the National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa (Numsa) general secretary Irvin Jim.
Jim further claimed that the fact that this process has taken over a year is unheard of.
His comments come after a recent meeting between Numsa and the executive management of Airchefs earlier this week regarding the non-payment of salaries of employees.
Airchefs workers have gone without pay since March 2020 and have reportedly had to rely on the Temporary Employee Relief scheme (TERS).