Image: Katlego LegodiTransnet workers affiliated with the United National Transport Union have accepted the Commission for Conciliation Mediation and Arbitration ’s proposed 6% wage offer.UNTU accounts for 53,9% of bargaining unit employees at Transnet. The three-year agreement will be backdated from April this year.
In terms of the deal, workers will receive 6% in the first year, followed by 5.5% in the second year and 6% in the final year.Transnet says the priority is to immediately clear up the backlog at port and rail and implementing recovery plans.The unions were demanding between 12% and 13.5%.