The legal team of the United National Transport Union (UNTU) obtained written confirmation from Lindikhaya Zide, Acting Group Chief Executive of the Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa (PRASA) that he will personally ensure that a date is set within the next week to resolve the 19 issues awarded in favour of the Union by the Labour Court in Johannesburg last month.
Zide confirmed to UNTU’s legal team that it will indeed be in the best interest of all the parties to ensure that the 19 issues tabled are discussed and that the parties agree on the process and timelines on when these issues will be resolved.
Representatives of the PRASA negotiating team signed a settlement agreement on these issues with Labour in March 2016, but the passenger rail agency failed to implement them within the specified timeframes.
UNTU approached the Labour Court with an application to make the Settlement Agreement an order of the Court. PRASA did not oppose the application.
If PRASA continues to ignore UNTU, the Union would once again approach the Labour Court for a Contempt of Court order to be granted against the state-owned enterprise.
UNTU will keep our members, most of the employees of PRASA, informed on the progress.
Issued on behalf of UNTU by Sonja Carstens, Media and Liaison Officer. For UNTU Press Statements phone 082 463 6806 or e-mail sonja@untu.co.za.
