Gautrain Strike Over

[Aquila ka Hecate]

The Gautrain Strike is over.
Thank gods.

JOHANNESBURG - The three-week long Gautrain strike has come to an end after the company reached an agreement with workers.

More to follow.

https://ewn.co.za/2018/08/13/gautrain-strike-over

 

[TheChamp]

Good news for the commuters and power to the workers.

 

[Messugga]

8% but what about the additional stuff like bonuses and allowances?

 

[Aquila ka Hecate]

8% but what about the additional stuff like bonuses and allowances?

I think they settled on R5000 bonus, which is pretty far from their starting demand.

 

[GoneWithTheWindows]

Good news for the commuters and power to the workers.

 

[Werfetter]

Do these guys get paid when they strike?

 

[TheChamp]

Do these guys get paid when they strike?

No work, no pay.

 

[grok]

Good news for the commuters and power to the [-]workers[/-] blackmailers.

FTFY

 

[Werfetter]

No work, no pay.

So, in other words, they have lost three weeks pay for an 8% increase? So looking at their annual income they will only be getting something like 3% more because of the loss of income for the strike?

 

[Quicks]

So, in other words, they have lost three weeks pay for an 8% increase? So looking at their annual income they will only be getting something like 3% more because of the loss of income for the strike?

Hey not everyone has got common sense like that!

 

[Werfetter]

Hey not everyone has got common sense like that!

Seems like nobody really wins in these situations? Cut off your nose to spite your face...

 

[Cube3]

So... .same time next year then ?

 

[Aquila ka Hecate]

Interesting union, UNTU.

Not your average trade union

http://www.untu.co.za/history-utatu-sarwhu/national-executive-council/

 

[powermzii]

Will give them a try tomorrow - was nervous today so drove and paid for it

 

[Aquila ka Hecate]

Will give them a try tomorrow - was nervous today so drove and paid for it

Got on my usual crack-of-pre-dawn bus this morning.
No problems except that we broke down on West Street

Driver tells me the buses are mostly sorted already.

 

[TribbleZA]

Will make use of it tomorrow. Giving it an extra day

 

[Ho3n3r]

Will make use of it tomorrow. Giving it an extra day

Been nothing wrong with it even during the strike. In fact, for us using it from Centurion to Sandton, it was better.

Oh well, was good while it lasted.

 

[Un4given]

So, in other words, they have lost three weeks pay for an 8% increase? So looking at their annual income they will only be getting something like 3% more because of the loss of income for the strike?

If I was paid every time this argument was raised....well, I would be rich. When 16 hour working days were the norm in England in the early days of the industrial revolution, with terrible conditions to boot, the workers formed unions and took collective action which included striking and the destruction of property. I am sure they faced risk to their employment, safety, and short-term finance in doing so, but they were not thinking in simply 8th grade arithmetic terms like you are here. There are bigger issues at stake, like human rights, justice, mental health etc.

This capitalist rhetoric of "just work, it's better than nothing!" is sad, very sad. Glad the gautrain is back in action and power to the workers.

 

[Aquila ka Hecate]

If I was paid every time this argument was raised....well, I would be rich. When 16 hour working days were the norm in England in the early days of the industrial revolution, with terrible conditions to boot, the workers formed unions and took collective action which included striking and the destruction of property. I am sure they faced risk to their employment, safety, and short-term finance in doing so, but they were not thinking in simply 8th grade arithmetic terms like you are here. There are bigger issues at stake, like human rights, justice, mental health etc.

This capitalist rhetoric of "just work, it's better than nothing!" is sad, very sad. Glad the gautrain is back in action and power to the workers.

..not to mention that all of us bourgoisie owe the concept of a weekend to the unions.
Which is why I still have time for them, as part of a much bigger picture.

 

[TribbleZA]

Been nothing wrong with it even during the strike. In fact, for us using it from Centurion to Sandton, it was better.

Oh well, was good while it lasted.

Problem was - it did not go to Hatfield. And then it only went to Pretoria - with a bus to Hatfield. Not reliable if you need to be there at a specific time.