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A revised salary progression structure has been offered to employees at Metrobus, and the company is hopeful the strike will soon be over.
City buses remain grounded as the strike drags on
METROBUS is hopeful a resolution will be found before the week is out, ending a strike that has crippled bus services in Johannesburg.
The company's spokesperson, Kenney Kutu, said negotiations with the union representing the workers, the South African Municipal Workers' Union (Samwu), had progressed quite extensively.
Metrobus had stepped up its salary progression proposal, he said. "We have presented a revised salary progression structure as per their proposal ... We did more or less of what they wanted and this time our offer is really close to their salary progression demand."
Demanding an 11 percent increase for its Metrobus members, Samwu called the indefinite strike on Tuesday, 28 April.
Samwu negotiators held two caucus meetings to discuss the revised salary structure offer this morning.
The City's bus company was content that Samwu was considering its offers, Kutu said. "We are certainly getting there. We also remain positive they will suspend the strike quite soon."
It is now in its ninth day. More than 600 employees have been demonstrating outside the company's headquarters since the strike began. They have, however, vowed to march down Johannesburg's streets if their demands are not met soon.
Samwu representatives were not available for comment as they were locked in caucus meetings.
Commuters can contact the Metrobus call centre on 011 375 555, option six, or the company's marketing and communications unit on 011 403 4300 for strike updates.
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