ANA reports that the National Union of Metalworkers of SA (Numsa) on Wednesday said it would intensify its strike at the Road Accident Fund (RAF) following failed mediation with the employer.  

Numsa members at the RAF, who have been on strike since last week, are demanding better wages, and are also calling for an end to the financial mismanagement bedeviling the organisation.  Numsa and the RAF met this week under the auspices of the CCMA to attempt to resolve the issues that led to the strike.  However, the union on Wednesday said the talks had collapsed.  Apart from demanding wage hikes, workers’ concerns include the RAF’s suspension of the bargaining council, which is a forum for workers to raise critical issues affecting them.  Responding to the union’s demands, RAF boss Eugene Watson said:  “Numsa’s demands are rooted in their insistence that the RAF adopt unverified, nebulous proposed salary scales, which the fund cannot accede to.”

• Read this report in full at eNCA
• Read Numsa’s press statement in this regard at Numsa online

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