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The Democratic Municipal and Allied Workers Union of South Africa (Demawusa) has called off its Metrobus strike and says buses are back on the roads.
Commuters have been left stranded without buses since Monday when workers presented management with 41 demands.Salaries and acting positions that are not filled in time are at the heart of their grievances.
Deon Makhura, the regional chair of Demawsa, says most of their demands have been met.
“The certain issue we have agreed upon is that all drivers who were getting nearly R10,000, their salaries will be adjusted to R14,526. We found that in the organisation there we almost 46 [people] who were acting. The employee is going to remove those people, and everybody must appoint an HR department and confirm which union will deduct from their payslip”, said Makhura.
Metrobus suspended its services on Tuesday after drivers affiliated to the union went on strike over a number of grievances, including wages.
It had said Demawusa was not a majority union and only a small number of its employees were on strike but more drivers have been intimidated and had chosen not to report for work.
