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Johannesburg - The SA Petroleum Industry
Association (Sapia) is closely monitoring the impact of the Transnet strike, it
said on Monday.
"Sapia has noted with
concern reports that the SA Transport and Allied Workers' Union (Satawu) is
embarking on a strike against Transnet from today [Monday]," the
association said in a statement.
Sapia said it had spoken to
its members about the strike and all had confirmed that appropriate contingency
plans were in place to mitigate against possible fuel supply disruptions.
Sapia's members are BP
Southern Africa, Chevron South Africa, Engen Petroleum, PetroSA, Sasol, Shell
SA, and Total SA.
"While the full impact
of the strike remains unclear, Sapia members will be closely monitoring the
situation and endeavour to limit any inconvenience to the public," it
said.
The Transnet strike began
at 06:00 on Monday with about 18 000 Satawu members expected to down tools,
according to the union.
Threats of a strike have
been building for weeks as Satawu and another union, the United Transport and
Allied Trade Union (Utatu), demanded a 15% across the board pay
increase.
Transnet initially offered
eight percent, but raised its offer to 11%.
Satawu rejected this, and
opted to strike. Utatu was still consulting its members and expected an answer
by Tuesday.
The company employs 50 000
people, 87% of whom are unionised. Utatu has 22 000 members working
there.
- Sapa