# South Africa Port Workers Warn of Strike as Pay Talks Fail | SupplyChainBrain

> The United National Transport Union said wage talks with Transnet, South Africa's state ports and rail company, have deadlocked, and it is moving toward strike action. The union wants a 10% raise while Transnet offers 6% annually for two years and 5.5% in the third.

- Date: 2025-04-15 · published 2025-04-15T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: logistics · region South Africa · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/25142-south-africa-port-workers-warn-of-strike-as-pay-talks-fail-supplychainbrain
- Commodities: [Barge Freight (St. Louis)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/BARGE.md), [Ocean Grain Freight](https://feedsoft.ai/c/OCEANFRT.md), [Wheat (SRW)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/WHEAT.md)

## Why it matters

A strike would disrupt rail and port handling of bulk exports and farm goods such as citrus, which could slow shipments and add to logistics costs, though the effect on grain benchmark prices is limited.

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| WHEAT | 2023-09-29 | [Striking South African coal port workers reject wage offer - MINING.COM](https://feedsoft.ai/events/34120-striking-south-african-coal-port-workers-reject-wage-offer-mining-com.md) | -4.7% | -2.2% |
| WHEAT | 2024-06-12 | [Carriers Divert Sailings Amid Growing Threat of Canada Rail Strike \| SupplyChainBrain](https://feedsoft.ai/events/29793-carriers-divert-sailings-amid-growing-threat-of-canada-rail-strike.md) | -2.1% | -3.3% |
| WHEAT | 2024-07-24 | [How a Canada railroad workers’ strike could affect supply chains \| Supply Chain Dive](https://feedsoft.ai/events/29273-how-a-canada-railroad-workers-strike-could-affect-supply-chains-supply-chain.md) | -5.2% | -6.5% |
| WHEAT | 2020-10-02 | [CN Rail Workers Strike \| Feed & Grain](https://feedsoft.ai/events/50667-cn-rail-workers-strike-feed-and-grain.md) | +1.9% | +3.6% |
| WHEAT | 2019-08-01 | [Iranian Rail Workers on Strike Again - Iran Focus](https://feedsoft.ai/events/57596-iranian-rail-workers-on-strike-again-iran-focus.md) | -0.7% | -0.2% |

## Sources

- supplychainbrain.com: https://www.supplychainbrain.com/articles/41542-south-africa-port-workers-warn-of-strike-as-pay-talks-fail

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