- Title
- New T&G Office Bearers
- Creator
- COSATU, TGWU
- Subject
- COSATU, TGWU
- Date Issued
- Oct 1990
- Date
- Oct 1990
- Type
- text
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/10962/115435
- Identifier
- vital:34129
- Description
- People think taxi drivers earn a lot of money. But this is not true. Taxi owners earn the money and employ drivers to do the hard driving. These taxi owners pay the drivers low wages, and give drivers very bad work conditions. About a year ago T&G in the Vaal started organising taxi drivers. Then in August this year about 300 taxi drivers came out on T&G’s first ever taxi strike. The strike went on for 5 days. One of the most important demands in the strike was for a living wage of R250 a week. Drivers were getting between R150 a week and R120 every 2 weeks. And most taxi drivers are on duty 16 hours a day for 7 days a week! The biggest bosses’ taxi association in the Vaal is Region 8 ofSabta. Sabta started talking to the union and the union forced the taxi bosses to recognise the union. The bosses will now meet workers in an on-going Joint Committee. The Committee will talk about things like UIF, leave, hours of work, and one bosses’ association for the Vaal (there are over 7 at the moment). Drivers won a weekly minimum wage of R150 for driving a 15 seater taxi, and the bosses will now use the Passenger Transport Wage Determination around other conditions of work. The bosses agreed to a 6 day week and an end to the quota system. Under the quota system drivers had to bring in R200 a day or face lower wages or dismissal. Many drivers suffer from bad back pains, and when drivers have accidents the bosses do not pay for medical treatment. So the bosses agreed to pay for medical treatment and to look into a medical aid scheme for drivers. We salute the taxi drivers for their important victory! The taxi industry is an example of the state’s policy of deregulation. This deregulation means there is very little protection for taxiworkers. But the union is going to make sure that there is some protection for taxi drivers. This is the beginning of an organised taxi industry in South Africa!
- Format
- 4 pages
- Format
- Publisher
- Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU), Transport and General Workers Union (TGWU)
- Language
- English
- Rights
- Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU), Transport and General Workers Union (TGWU)
- Rights
- No part of this publication may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means without prior permission from the publisher
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