The two-biggest unions at the Passenger Rail Agency SA Prasa are set to hold an urgent meeting with the rail operator groups CEO, Hishaam Emeran, over what they call a flawed retrenchment process affecting over 600 workers.
In a joint statement on Thursday, the United National Transport Union Untu, the majority union at Prasa, and the rival SA Transport and Allied Workers Union Satawu, said the scheduled meeting follows the rail operators decision to implement a section 189 process affecting the mainline passenger services employees.
Prasa has issued retrenchment letters stating the entitys position to retrench over 600 workers, a move that labour finds unacceptable and has deemed a jobs bloodbath within the state-owned enterprise SOE, the joint statement read.
