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Fin24 reports that the Commission for Conciliation, Mediation and Arbitration (CCMA) will assist in resolving the wage dispute between the National Union of Mineworkers (NUM), the National Union of Metalworkers of SA (Numsa) and Solidarity and power utility Eskom.
CCMA director Cameron Sello Morajane confirmed that the CCMA would assist in terms of section 150 of the Labour Relations Act to find a resolution. Talks are scheduled for 11 August and they will be facilitated by a senior commissioner. This follows as Eskom on Tuesday obtained a court interdict against striking NUM members. NUM spokesperson Livhuwani Mammburu told Fin24 that workers “on the ground” were currently striking nationally. He said the union had not been aware of the interdict when it called a national strike, following its national shop steward council meeting on Tuesday. It is consulting with lawyers to see what to do about the interdict and find a way forward. Meantime, Numsa has not taken strike action and its Vuyo Bikitsha indicated that the union was open to negotiations and was still assessing its options
- Read this report by Lameez Omarjee in full at Fin24
- See too, Eskom accepts CCMA intervention, commission says, at BDLive
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