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Johannesburg - The four striking freight unions would announce their decision on a revised wage offer at a press briefing in Boksburg on Friday, the Professional Transport Workers Union (PTWU) said.
"We strongly believe that our members will agree with this offer," said PTWU general secretary Reckson Baloyi.
He said the offer currently on the table by the Road Freight Employers Association (RFEA) was a nine percent increase across the board for 2011 and 8.5% for the second year.
An achievement by the unions in the industry was the employer agreeing to an extended bargaining unit, Baloyi said.
For the past 10 years supervisors and controllers, including administration, were not included when unions negotiated.
"Another thing the members are happy about is the thirteenth cheque they will receive at the end of December."
These revised terms to the wage agreement were added on Thursday, Baloyi said.
The PTWU was still consulting with its members throughout the country, but Baloyi believed they would be happy about the offer.
The unions - the Transport and Allied Workers Union of SA, the PTWU, SA Transport and Allied Workers Union, and the Motor Transport Workers Union - initially demanded a 10% pay rise for 2011 and 10% for 2012.
They were also negotiating on decreasing the use of labour brokers and consultants in the industry.
The RFEA had initially offered 7.5% for 2011 and again in 2012.
And while representatives were negotiating on Thursday, two men were seriously injured when their truck was petrol bombed in Durban as the fourth day of the strike drew to a close.
"Both men, the truck driver and conductor, sustained burns to their heads and were taken to hospital for treatment," ER24 spokesperson Derrick Banks said.
About 65 000 workers were participating in the industrial action which began with a go-slow on Sunday and downing tools on Monday.
Incidents of intimidation have been reported throughout the week with non-striking truckers beaten and their trucks looted and burned.
More than 20 trucks have been damaged, 16 people injured and 32 arrested.
The N3TC, which manages toll concession, said truck traffic dropped by 40% in KwaZulu-Natal on Monday, when the strike was in full swing.
N3TC spokesperson Con Ruen told Business Report that some 4900 trucks passed through the Mooi River toll plaza in KwaZulu-Natal on Tuesday last week - before the strike - compared to only 2900 trucks passing the same toll plaza during the strike on Monday this week.
"We strongly believe that our members will agree with this offer," said PTWU general secretary Reckson Baloyi.
He said the offer currently on the table by the Road Freight Employers Association (RFEA) was a nine percent increase across the board for 2011 and 8.5% for the second year.
An achievement by the unions in the industry was the employer agreeing to an extended bargaining unit, Baloyi said.
For the past 10 years supervisors and controllers, including administration, were not included when unions negotiated.
"Another thing the members are happy about is the thirteenth cheque they will receive at the end of December."
These revised terms to the wage agreement were added on Thursday, Baloyi said.
The PTWU was still consulting with its members throughout the country, but Baloyi believed they would be happy about the offer.
The unions - the Transport and Allied Workers Union of SA, the PTWU, SA Transport and Allied Workers Union, and the Motor Transport Workers Union - initially demanded a 10% pay rise for 2011 and 10% for 2012.
They were also negotiating on decreasing the use of labour brokers and consultants in the industry.
The RFEA had initially offered 7.5% for 2011 and again in 2012.
And while representatives were negotiating on Thursday, two men were seriously injured when their truck was petrol bombed in Durban as the fourth day of the strike drew to a close.
"Both men, the truck driver and conductor, sustained burns to their heads and were taken to hospital for treatment," ER24 spokesperson Derrick Banks said.
About 65 000 workers were participating in the industrial action which began with a go-slow on Sunday and downing tools on Monday.
Incidents of intimidation have been reported throughout the week with non-striking truckers beaten and their trucks looted and burned.
More than 20 trucks have been damaged, 16 people injured and 32 arrested.
The N3TC, which manages toll concession, said truck traffic dropped by 40% in KwaZulu-Natal on Monday, when the strike was in full swing.
N3TC spokesperson Con Ruen told Business Report that some 4900 trucks passed through the Mooi River toll plaza in KwaZulu-Natal on Tuesday last week - before the strike - compared to only 2900 trucks passing the same toll plaza during the strike on Monday this week.
