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ANA reports that the National Union of Metalworkers of SA (Numsa) in KwaZulu-Natal has urged chemical manufacturer Foskor to meet the demands of workers who have been on strike for more than a week.
Numsa regional secretary Mbuso Ngubane observed: "The management is refusing to engage workers, instead, they keep rushing to court in an attempt to block the strike. On Tuesday the Labour Court finally ruled in our favour by rejecting an application to interdict the strike. This is a legally protected strike for all workers at Foskor." Workers are demanding pay progression for every qualification obtained, and a safe and healthy working environment, after some workers fell ill. They are apparently also angry over alleged corruption and mismanagement at the company, particularly after Foskor was reported to have ‘lost’ a train. Ngubane also said that workers wanted payments due to them from the Esops Ownership Scheme and he accused the company of trying to impose an agreement which would not benefit workers.
- Read the original of the report on the Foskor strike at Engineering News
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