Engineering News reports that trade union Solidarity has called on Labour Minister Mildred Oliphant to urgently intervene in the matters of the ailing Metal and Engineering Industries Bargaining Council (MEIBC).  

This was owing to the ongoing financial crisis facing the council, as well as the inability of parties in the council to reach an agreement on a number of issues.  Solidarity’s Marius Croucamp said that the MEIBC “will have to finally dissolve within three months if the parties in question cannot agree on the expansion and increase of the administration and dispute resolution levy agreements at the next management committee meeting.”  He warned that if the council should dissolve, it could lead to widespread strikes and labour unrest in the industry.

• Read this report in full at Engineering News
• Solidarity’s press statement is at Solidarity online
• See too, Bargaining council rift over levies widens, on page 4 of Sunday Times Business Times of 8 May 2016

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