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Engineering News reports that Solidarity on Wednesday said it had submitted a new main wage agreement to the Metal and Engineering Industry Bargaining Council (MEIBC) as part of its wage demands for the industry level wage negotiations for the year.
A new agreement was necessary since the Labour Court had declared the previous two main agreements invalid. For this reason, the proposed main agreement, which covers more than 450 pages, was updated and largely rewritten from the previous valid agreement. Solidarity’s Marius Croucamp said the new agreement was essential in ensuring that the service conditions in the industry did not revert to the previous agreement. “Solidarity wants to act proactively to assist the industry and its workers and to ensure stability in the industry. We cannot let the industry and its workers be further handicapped by a dated agreement,” Croucamp indicated. Solidarity’s initial wage demand is for an increase of 10%. The negotiations will continue on Thursday.
- A short report is at Engineering News
- Read Solidarity’s press statement in this regard at Solidarity online
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