Cape Town - As the CBD’s parking marshals enter the second day of a protected strike, motorists are likely to have another day of free parking in the city centre.
Striking marshals said on Monday they had a 100 percent buy-in from their colleagues to support the strike.
The marshals fell out with their employer, Street Parking Solutions, last month. Some had lodged a complaint with the Commission for Conciliation, Mediation and Arbitration (CCMA) saying SPS had not adhered to an employment contract signed in 2009. They claim they are each owed 23.5 percent of their earnings for the company for each day that they reached their daily income targets.
These targets amount to about R500 000 a week.
SPS owner Zunade Loghdey has refused to comment on the dispute. The city, which contracted SPS to manage on-street parking, said it was an internal labour dispute being dealt with under the auspices of the CCMA.
Following allegations of unlawful employment practices by SPS the city had again requested a report from the Department of Labour.
At the time of going to print the department had not reported back to the city or responded to the Cape Argus’s queries.
Cape Argus