Denver Station workers unhappy
According to the workers they are paid R15 per hour while the other site pays R25 per hour.
Employees at the Denver Station are unhappy with the working conditions.
The Denver Station has been under rectification of the horizontal and vertical platform clearance.
This project has been taking place at both the Denver and Doornfontein stations.
Employees at the Denver Station recently discovered that they are being under paid.
According to the workers, they are paid R15 per hour while the other site pays R25 per hour.
The workers decided to approach management and raised their concerns regarding the wages and working conditions.
“We work alone with no one supervising us to see if we doing the work correctly. We just work and see to it that we get the work done.
“Even in terms of proper equipment, we don’t have all the right tools. If you get injured on-site, sometimes the injuries don’t even get noted. You are told to continue to work,” said one of the on-site workers.
General worker, Mr Sphiwe Gama who speaks on behalf of the workers, said they are tired of not being taken seriously because they work long hours and don’t receive what is due to them.
“We work weekends and they don’t want to pay us. We work long hours and the wages we receive do not even cover the work we do,” said Mr Gama.
The workers decided to approach the contractor. When the workers raised their issues, they were told to go back to work or face being fired.
They were promised that the issues raised will be attended to and resolved.
It has since resulted in the contractor giving the employees a month-to-month contract and said it was due to performance.
“We have tried to go to the Labour Court to seek assistance regarding the case, but we never receive any help. The law seems to protect the employer and exploits the employee.
“All we want is a fair wage for the work we do but now we are put in the place where we are cornered into accepting anything that is given to us,” said Mr Gama.
The EXPRESS tried to obtain comment from the contractor, Dudu Msibi from Impfumelelo Business Enterprise, who declined to comment.
She said it was up to PRASA to comment.
The EXPRESS forwarded an inquiry to the PRASA media liaision officer, Vusi Nhlapo, on August 24 and requested comment by close of business the same day.
At the time of going to print, no comment had been received.
