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BusinessLive reports that the National Union of Metalworkers of SA (Numsa) and the Automobile Manufacturers Employers Organisation (Ameo) are set to resume wage talks in Pretoria next week after similar talks in Port Elizabeth last week failed to yield fruit.
Numsa represents the bulk of the workers in the sector and, among other things, is demanding a 20% wage increase across the board. It is also seeking morning, afternoon and night allowances of 10%, 20% and 30%, respectively; an annual bonus increase from 8.33% to 12%; six months’ paid maternity leave, 10 days’ paid paternity leave; and a transport allowance of R5,000 a month. The union furthermore wants clerks, welders, spray painters and metal-finish workers to be paid a 20% allowance. Ameo has tabled a 4.5% wage increase in line with consumer inflation. Numsa’s auto and tyre co-ordinator Vusumzi Mkhungo said last week’s talks did little to help the parties find each other. The upcoming meeting was expected to shed a “clearer picture of where we are going”, said Mkhungo. He added: “There are no areas where we have reached consensus on as yet.” An Ameo spokesperson confirmed that the wage talks were continuing.
- Read the full original of the above report by Luyolo Mkentane at BusinessLive
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