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Business Report writes that Irvin Jim, general secretary of the National Union of Metalworkers of SA (Numsa), confirmed on Thursday that the union was consulting members about a possible wage strike in the retail motor industry.
The union will take a decision “between now and early next week”. A certificate of non-resolution of a dispute (i.e. a so-called ‘strike certificate’) was issued to Numsa last week during a negotiation session with the Retail Motor Industry Organisation (RMI). Numsa has asked the RMI to provide the union with its final position in writing, but Jim stressed that “where things stand now, there is no reason to settle”. Numsa’s final demand is a wage increase of 9% in the first year of a three-year agreement, with 8% in each of the following years. The RMI has offered 7% in each year of the agreement.
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