Hundreds of Transnet workers downed tools and picketed outside the parastatal in Bluff, Durban, amid the negotiations deadlock.
“The attempt by the employer is to undermine our members' right the strike. They might not say it out loud, but their actions basically portray that. We don’t have the picketing rules or the picketing sites. We have to condemn the tactics of the employ[er] of trying to deter members from participating in the strike. That is to undermine and weaken collective bargaining.”
They were told a 48-hour notice should be given to the employer before starting a strike and a seven-day notice if it’s the state. Transnet also told them their balloting was not in secret. Kwadi said they understood the importance of Transnet, not just in South Africa but in the whole SADC region and the strike is a last resort. They would be ready to return to work as soon as they have an acceptable offer from Transnet.
On Thursday, the Durban Chamber of Commerce and Industry said past experience of a Transnet strike showed its impact could “kill the economy”.
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