Oct 6 (Reuters) - Workers at South Africa's freight and rail operator Transnet on Thursday started an open-ended strike over a wage dispute, unions and the company said on Thursday, that will paralyse services and disrupt exports.
The state-owned Transnet was already operating below capacity because of a shortage of locomotives, poor maintenance, vandalism and theft of its infrastructure, which has cost miners billions of rand in potential revenue because of delays to mineral shipments.
“This will have a profound impact on economic activity across all sectors, and urges workers to consider the long-term consequences of the strike on themselves, their colleagues, their families and the South African economy as a whole,” Transnet said in a statement. UNTU and SATAWU said Transnet’s lawyers had written to them on Oct. 3, saying their industrial action would be illegal as some workers involved provided essential services and were restricted from striking.
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