DispatchLive reports that workers at DB Schenker, one of the largest suppliers of car parts for Mercedes-Benz SA, downed tools on Monday over a wage dispute.  

More than 70 workers aligned to the National Union of Metal Workers of SA (Numsa) picketed outside the gates of the plant in East London demanding an hourly fee increase of R25 a hour from the R35 an hour they are paid at present to R60 an hour.  The workers also want their labour broker to be disbanded.  Numsa shop steward, Mxolisi Bangani said negotiations between the two parties, which started in June last year, had reached a deadlock due to the employer’s “hardened attitude”.  Schenker’s general manager declined to comment.  The manager of the labour broker, Phakisa, also declined to comment.

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