Striking Metrorail workers in the Western Cape will temporarily abandon their industrial action after consulting with lawyers. The South African Transport and Allied Workers' Union (Satawu) had planned to embark on an indefinite strike yesterday over "poor management" of the Passenger Rail Agency of SA (Prasa) and the "blatant exploitation of workers".The union also demanded that temporary workers be made permanent.But the strike was halted when Metrorail obtained a court interdict on Wednesday evening making the strike unprotected.Satawu Western Cape secretary Thembela Dakuse said yesterday the union had instructed its members to return to work. She said the union had approached the labour court to challenge the granting of the interdict and the matter would be heard on April 20.Metrorail regional manager Richard Walker said the company had sought legal recourse to prevent the backbone of public transport in the Western Cape from being affected."We are privileged to transport the bulk of public transport users and every effort will be made to prevent them from being inconvenienced further," he said.Earlier, Walker said the strike had been orchestrated by a disgruntled "faction" of Satawu."At the heart of the so-called issues are malicious and unsubstantiated personal attacks against the leadership of the region. The labour issues for which the faction is purportedly striking are being handled at a national level by a legitimate and recognised bargaining forum. Agreement was reached by both unions' national leadership and executive management of Prasa that no strike action is planned until such time as every avenue has been exhausted to resolve these legitimate issues amicably," said Walker...