Truck drivers’ strike continues!!!
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| Parked trucks Source: Gallo Images/Thinkstock |
Striking now feels like normality in South Africa, to me as well. I tune on the news they are talking about a new strike. I get that they want wage increase, fair packages but what happened to unions communicating with the management for better deals? After the horrible strike of Marikana you would think that people have learned but no another strike bursts.
"Even if we fail to convince the employer on Wednesday, we will continue with our protest until the employer meets our demands," Vavi said, Reported on Times Live (02 October 2012). The truck drivers are demanding a wage increase by 12, 5% but they have so far talked about them getting only 8.5 this year and 0.5 % next year.
This is affecting South African economy in such a way that because the company truck drivers are not working and this brings delay of transporting goods. Any truck seen on the road will be burned and the driver will face serious consequences, and this is making the fathers, brothers and bread winners very nervous.
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As Public Relations, in dealing with this matter it will be very good to sit down the unions and management sort this dispute out as soon as possible because people's lives are in danger. Making sure that the image of the truck owning companies does not get bad publicity as well.
The question remains: IS STRIKING THE WAY TO GO?
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