AfricaLabour unions declare wage dispute at S.Africa s Transnet
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Two unions declared a dispute with South Africa s Transnet on Thursday after wage talks broke down, and warned of possible strike action if the state-owned freight logistics firm failed to present a better offer.
The United National Transport Union (UNTU) and the South African Transport and Allied Workers Union (SATAWU) baulked at Transnet s offer of a 3% wage hike - a figure they described in a joint statement as so bad that organised labour canât even present it to their constituents to obtain a revised mandate.
Transnet, which operates major ports and a huge railway network that transports minerals and other commodities for export, did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
April 21st 2021 at 07:30:00 GMT +0300
The mission to reclaim the capital city’s lost glory has had its fair share of hits and misses with General Mohammed Badi, the man in charge of Nairobi Metropolitan Service (NMS), facing resistance from almost all quarters.
If not being arm twisted by the executive and assembly at City Hall, some of Badi’s own staff are sabotaging him as evidenced with the unexpected purge at NMS where some senior officials were kicked out for abeting graft.
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Stakeholders in the maritime and fishing industry have given their consent to the ratification of two international protocols meant to regulate the operations of fishing vessels and working conditions of their crew members.
The protocols are the Cape Town Agreement (CTA) of 2012, designed by the International Maritime Organisation (IMO), and the C188 Work in Fishing Convention, 2007 of the International Labour Organisation (ILO).
While the CTA seeks to set out a mandatory safety requirement for fishing vessels, the ILO Convention on fishing intends to regulate working conditions of fishers in the industry.
“Although in merchant shipping there are a lot of regulations in the country on the safety and welfare of vessels and the people who work in them, the situation is not the same in the fishing industry, hence the need for the ratification of the two conventions,” the acting Director in charge of Maritime Services at the