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South African Truck Drivers Strike is Affecting the Economy
Wage talks to end a strike by more than 20,000 truck drivers in South Africa have collapsed after unions rejected the employers 18 percent pay rise offer over two years, the Road Freight Employers Association said on Thursday. This afternoon the unions responded that once again they do not accept the deal which met their demand of 18 percent over two years. The board need to communicate this issue clearly to the strikers, by giving them a clear reason why the Union do not accept 18 percent increase to these angry strikers.
The truck driver’s strike it is not only affecting the truck drivers only, but it is also affecting the people of South Africa and its economy. The market is going down, because no food, petrol, wages and goods are being transported from one place to another. When you go to the supermarkets there is no food in the shelves, and this is caused by the struck drivers’ strike. Fuel suppliers have started to feel the pinch as the strike entered its second week, with deliveries to pumps delayed and stations running out of certain types of fuel.
The truck drivers need to be attended before things get out of hand, just like the Marikina’s strike. The truck drivers should be given the 18 percent that they are demanding, because this people spend most of their time on the road, without their families and at the end of the day they are being paid peanuts. The government should be worried that since 2008 the number of strike has increased to more than 50%, or maybe they are not aware of this? http://www.bdlive.co.za/national/labour/2012/10/04/truck-driver-wage-talks-collapse-while-mines-stand-still
South Africa is a developing country that it is striving to achieve lot of things, but how would this happen when different employees strike every day and blood is splatted? for more information contact kimtim.tivani@gmail.com
South African workers should be given decent salaries that will maketherm live them live a better livingstyle.
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ReplyDeleteSouth African government is ignorant and greedy, it is not taking care of its people instead of attending to their matter the just sit back and relax so since well they tolerate this matter to get out of hand this people are still going to struggle to get that amount of percent they demanding.
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