WESTERN CAPE METRORAIL STRIKE
Posted on 04 May 2009 by Railways Africa Editor
A 24-hour strike called by the United Transport Allied Trade Union (Utatu) on 24 April had little effect on services, according to Metrorail in the Western Cape. The strike was confined to the 967 members of Utatu, but most of the region’s 3,400 employees reported for duty, officials said.
Utatu secretary-general Chris de Vos said the action was in response to a “breakdown of working relations between management and the union”. He cited Metrorail’s alleged non-compliance with the Labour Relations Act as well as wage negotiations, which were meant to have started at the be-ginning of the month but had not materialised.
In the event, morning peak-hour services operated normally on 24 April, with only two out of 260 scheduled trains cancelled. These were due to a non-strike-related breakdown which caused seven other trains to run late. Metrorail’s Riana Scott said there were contingency plans to cope with the strike, including cancelling some off-peak trains. Staff leave had been cancelled and contract staff placed on standby.
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