The union said that the proposed 1.5% increase was an insult to its workers.
JOHANNESBURG/CAPE TOWN - The United National Transport Union said that its members would down tools from Thurday after wage negotiations with Transnet deadlocked.
The union's spokesperson, Cobus van Vuuren: "This strik will have a tremendous effect on the company's operations, it will bring Transnet to a standstill and that would of course impact the economy of South Africa tremendously.
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