STRIKING truck drivers grudgingly dispersed under a heavy police watch in Johannesburg.
Workers were ordered to leave Beyers Naudé Square in Johannesburg since they had no permission to gather there.
Workers, who are demanding a salary increase of 12%, stoned passing delivery vehicles on Tuesday.
Yesterday the police broke them up into small groups and escorted them to the Johannesburg train station, where they took trains and taxis back to their places.
But they vowed to return to the square once they had sought permission to gather.
The SA Transport and Allied Workers Union (Satawu) Gauteng provincial leader John Mahlangu said they had made an application.
"The strike is still on and we have submitted an application to hold our demonstration. In the meantime we have instructed our members to hold demonstrations at local level," said Hlongwane.
Satawu national spokesman Vincent Masoga said the strike would be intensified until employers felt the pain.
"We will consolidate and deepen the current industrial action in all our locals to ensure that the employers start feeling the heat and return to the negotiations table," he said.
Negotiations have been put on hold after talks to reach a settlement deadlocked with workers rejecting the 8.5% offered by employers.
"We will use this opportunity to mobilise all our members and encourage them to unite in a clear purpose of putting as much pressure as possible for the employers to revert back to the negotiations table," said Masoga.
"We intend to ignite further sympathy and solidarity strikes from our members in sectors such as maritime and freight rail in an effort to ensure that no goods and parcels move till the road freight workers demands are fully met."
Police break up truck strike
STRIKING truck drivers grudgingly dispersed under a heavy police watch in Johannesburg.
Workers were ordered to leave Beyers Naudé Square in Johannesburg since they had no permission to gather there.
Workers, who are demanding a salary increase of 12%, stoned passing delivery vehicles on Tuesday.
Yesterday the police broke them up into small groups and escorted them to the Johannesburg train station, where they took trains and taxis back to their places.
But they vowed to return to the square once they had sought permission to gather.
The SA Transport and Allied Workers Union (Satawu) Gauteng provincial leader John Mahlangu said they had made an application.
"The strike is still on and we have submitted an application to hold our demonstration. In the meantime we have instructed our members to hold demonstrations at local level," said Hlongwane.
Satawu national spokesman Vincent Masoga said the strike would be intensified until employers felt the pain.
"We will consolidate and deepen the current industrial action in all our locals to ensure that the employers start feeling the heat and return to the negotiations table," he said.
Negotiations have been put on hold after talks to reach a settlement deadlocked with workers rejecting the 8.5% offered by employers.
"We will use this opportunity to mobilise all our members and encourage them to unite in a clear purpose of putting as much pressure as possible for the employers to revert back to the negotiations table," said Masoga.
"We intend to ignite further sympathy and solidarity strikes from our members in sectors such as maritime and freight rail in an effort to ensure that no goods and parcels move till the road freight workers demands are fully met."
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