STRIKE * South Africa - Durban bus dispute still unresolved
Johannesburg,Gauteng,South Africa -The Times - Oct 13, 2008: -- Remant Alton buses are still non-operational due to the ongoing bus strike in Durban and if this continues it will resort to its second back-up plan, the company said... Paul Rush, human resources manager for Remant Alton, said the company’s first back-up plan to recruit new bus drivers was foiled when job applicants were assaulted and intimidated outside the premises, allegedly by protesters... The company intended opening a criminal case against the bus strikers but were told by police that the victims were the only ones who could open a case... This comes after 19 buses belonging to the troubled bus service were torched last week. The company has lodged an insurance claim for nearly R8.9 million. Rush said the buses were not new... Remant Alton bus drivers embarked on illegal protest action three weeks, leading to the dismissal of 937 employees... The workers were demanding that they be employed by the eThekwini Municipality as they claimed there was financial mismanagement within the bus service...
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