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Johannesburg - The Professional Transport Workers Union (PTWU) will settle a wage dispute if the employer offered a nine percent increase, general secretary Reckson Baloyi said on Thursday.
A new offer of eight percent across the board was made by the Road Freight Employers Association (RFEA) on Wednesday, but all four unions involved in a violent nation-wide strike rejected it.
"If they can make it nine for each year, we can take it for a mandate. It's a very small difference," said Baloyi.
He said that on Wednesday employers upped their offer of 7.5% across the board to eight percent, with cash-in-transit guards being offered a nine percent increase.
The unions want a 10% increase for the 2011 and 2012.
Initially, the RFEA offered an increase of 7.5% across the board for 2011 and a further 7.5% increase for 2012.
About 65 000 workers from the Transport and Allied Workers Union of SA, the PTWU, the SA Transport and Allied Workers Union and the Motor Transport Workers Union are on strike.
Police Minister Nathi Mthethwa was prompted to issue a warning to protesters that acts of intimidation and violence would not be tolerated.
Baloyi said they hoped to have a reply on their counter-proposal by 10am on Thursday.
If this was rejected, the strike would continue.
A new offer of eight percent across the board was made by the Road Freight Employers Association (RFEA) on Wednesday, but all four unions involved in a violent nation-wide strike rejected it.
"If they can make it nine for each year, we can take it for a mandate. It's a very small difference," said Baloyi.
He said that on Wednesday employers upped their offer of 7.5% across the board to eight percent, with cash-in-transit guards being offered a nine percent increase.
The unions want a 10% increase for the 2011 and 2012.
Initially, the RFEA offered an increase of 7.5% across the board for 2011 and a further 7.5% increase for 2012.
About 65 000 workers from the Transport and Allied Workers Union of SA, the PTWU, the SA Transport and Allied Workers Union and the Motor Transport Workers Union are on strike.
Police Minister Nathi Mthethwa was prompted to issue a warning to protesters that acts of intimidation and violence would not be tolerated.
Baloyi said they hoped to have a reply on their counter-proposal by 10am on Thursday.
If this was rejected, the strike would continue.
