Publications
Partners
Johannebsurg - Striking Rea Vaya bus drivers may be dismissed if they do not return to work on Monday, reported City Press.
Almost all Rea Vaya's 200 drivers have been on strike since Monday, the newspaper reported.
City of Johannesburg spokesman Gabu Tugwana told City Press that Rea Vaya operator Piotrans had served a final notice to the striking workers.
Tugwana said the drivers objected to a change in the shift system.
Previously, drivers had to change shifts at the main dispatch station, but they now had to change shifts at different stations along the bus route.
The change was brought in to minimise overtime payments, he told the newspaper.
The drivers had ignored a Labour Court interdict ordering them to return to work on August 2, Piotrans said in a statement.
Tugwana referred requests for comment to Piotrans spokesperson Eric Motswane, but he was not available for comment.
Gautrain bus drivers plan to embark on a separate, unprotected, strike on Monday.
The company was consulting with workers in an attempt to resolve the matter, said Gautrain spokesman Errol Braithwaite.
Train services would not be disrupted.
Braithwaite advised passengers to make alternate arrangements.
Almost all Rea Vaya's 200 drivers have been on strike since Monday, the newspaper reported.
City of Johannesburg spokesman Gabu Tugwana told City Press that Rea Vaya operator Piotrans had served a final notice to the striking workers.
Tugwana said the drivers objected to a change in the shift system.
Previously, drivers had to change shifts at the main dispatch station, but they now had to change shifts at different stations along the bus route.
The change was brought in to minimise overtime payments, he told the newspaper.
The drivers had ignored a Labour Court interdict ordering them to return to work on August 2, Piotrans said in a statement.
Tugwana referred requests for comment to Piotrans spokesperson Eric Motswane, but he was not available for comment.
Gautrain bus drivers plan to embark on a separate, unprotected, strike on Monday.
The company was consulting with workers in an attempt to resolve the matter, said Gautrain spokesman Errol Braithwaite.
Train services would not be disrupted.
Braithwaite advised passengers to make alternate arrangements.
