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Cape Town - Striking railway workers
cheered and sang outside of the gates of Parliament on Tuesday morning as their
shop stewards shouted out their demands, which include a 16 percent across the
board wage increase.
"Our demands as
workers are not unreasonable," United Transport and Allied Trade Union
(Utatu) general secretary Chris de Vos shouted from a makeshift podium on the
back of a bakkie to the group of around 300 protesters.
"We demand a living
wage and decent conditions of employment."
About two million commuters
were stranded on Tuesday morning after the Passenger Rail Agency of SA (Prasa),
which operates Metrorail, Shosholoza Meyl and the Autopax bus services, was
forced to shut down its operations.
Railway services have been
paralysed around the country since the start of the strike on Monday.
The parties were to meet at the Commission for
Conciliation, Mediation and Arbitration's offices on Tuesday morning for
further discussions.