SA Insulates Key Port Jobs From Strike Action

SA insulates key port jobs from strike action

Government seeks to minimise labour disruptions at key facilities vital to trade

SA in bid to ban port worker strikes

The Department of Labour has issued a directive to expand its list of essential services to include critical port operations that will ban strikes by certain categories of Transnet employees working across the country’s ports. According to the directive published in a recent government notice, marine services, including navigation, pilotage, towage and berthing, will be