The standard Gautrain train service will resume on Friday after the National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa (NUMSA) signed a wage proposal with the employer. <\/p>\n
Meanwhile, today trains will continue to operate at 15-minute intervals in the peak periods and at 30-minute intervals in the off-peak period.<\/p>\n
The Gautrain management said it was pleased that the workers\u2019 strike has ended. The strike commenced on 5 October following wage negotiations that deadlocked between the Bombela Operating Company (BOC) and NUMSA.<\/p>\n
\u201cNUMSA and BOC, with the support of the Commission for Conciliation, Mediation and Arbitration (CCMA), have found a way in which the company\u2019s offer of 4.1% can be supported, with employees in the lowest salary bands being better protected through this difficult period,\u201d Gautrain said. <\/p>\n
According to NUMSA, the signed wage proposal was brought forth by the management of the BOC.<\/p>\n
\u201cOn Monday, the management of Gautrain made a proposal, which our members have accepted,\u201d said NUMSA General Secretary, Irvin Jim.<\/p>\n
According to the union, BOC has agreed that lower-income earners pocketing up to and including R8 500 per month will receive a R900 per month increase.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, those who earn between R8 501 and R20 000 per month will get an increase of R850 per month.<\/p>\n
\u201cAll employees who earn more than 20 000 will receive a 4.1% increase,” said Jim.<\/p>\n
The increase will be backdated to 1 July 2020.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe welcome the signing of the agreement, particularly as the increase which has been secured benefits the lowest-paid workers.<\/p>\n
\u201cIf workers had received a 4.1% increase, it would have meant that the lowest-paid worker would only get R348 increase, compared to a R900 per month increase, which we secured, and in reality translates to more than 10% increase.<\/p>\n
\u201cBecause of their courage and the sacrifices they made by embarking on strike action, all workers at Gautrain have received an increase in their salaries,\u201d said Jim. \u2013 SAnews.gov.za<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The standard Gautrain train service will resume on Friday after the National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa (NUMSA) signed a wage proposal with the employer. Meanwhile, today trains will continue to operate at 15-minute intervals in the peak periods and at 30-minute intervals in the off-peak period. The Gautrain management said it was pleased […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[38678],"class_list":{"0":"post-168866","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-south-africa","7":"tag-sanews","8":"entry"},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/168866","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=168866"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/168866\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=168866"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=168866"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=168866"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}