Negotiations between Cosatu and Metrorail fail
Mluleki Mrwebi
18 June 2014
The Congress of South African Trade
Union in the Western Cape
Cosatu’s Tony Ehrenreich said the
amount Metrorail will gain from fare increases is R3 million for the month of
July which is a small amount for Metrorail but huge for ordinary workers.
Metrorail will be increasing fares
between 3 and 4-Rand as of the 1st of July.
Ehrenreich said the union will be
protesting against the company’s bad service in the sense that workers arrive
late at work on days of delays and cancellations. Communities lose money when
on these days because Metrorail does not provide alternative transport and the
commuters are forced to use extra money.
He added that this fare increase is
not the right thing to do and that is why workers will be embark on a protected
march on the 24 of June 2014.
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