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Bus services, such as MyCiTi in Cape Town and Gautrain bus services in Gauteng remain suspended due to the ongoing national bus strike.
The City of Cape Town said in a statement on Sunday (May 6): “After nearly three weeks of strike action it is still unclear when the deadlocked wage negotiations will be resolved.”
Further updates for MyCiTi and Gautrain will be provided once services resume. The City of Cape Town is monitoring the situation and will provide further updates as soon as they become available.
Both bus services have requested that users make alternative travelling arrangements for the time being.
Bus drivers are demanding a 9.5% salary increase for the first year (2018) and an 8.5% increase for 2019, however employers are offering an 8% salary increase for this year, followed by an 8.5% increase for the second year, according to Innovative Staffing Solutions. To date, there has been no resolution on the matter.
Innovative Solutions Group CEO, Arnoux Maré, says many companies are not able to weather the storm of industrial action and the effect it has on operational matters: “The majority of companies are not strong enough to survive industrial action, which results in a loss of business and income.”
According to Maré, strikes at a local level could be avoided if organisations opted to outsource their staff. “We currently employ more than 8 000 staff members who we contract out to various clients. Our overwhelming experience is that if you take care of your staff, they will take care of you. Strike action is not a natural occurrence, but the result of an unanticipated or poorly managed situation.”
Source: tourismupdate.co.za
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