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BusinessLive reports that the National Union of Metalworkers of SA (Numsa) is expected to meet employers at the Motor Industry Bargaining Council on Monday to try to break the wage deadlock in the sector.
The motor industry sector employs about 306,000 people at petrol stations, car dealerships and component companies countrywide. Numsa general secretary Irvin Jim said the union had referred its dispute with the sector’s employers to the dispute resolution committee with the hope that “they can help us break the deadlock”. The union wants a 12% across-the-board wage increase, against the employers’ proposal of an annual 5% increase for three years. Numsa also wants the wage threshold for all workers to be aligned with the Basic Conditions of Employment Act for all sectors. Some workers, such as those working at fuel stations, did not receive overtime pay, annual bonuses, transport allowances and other benefits that were stipulated in the act, Jim claimed. He added that the lack of a transport allowance left workers at risk. Meanwhile, Numsa is also locked in protracted wage talks with the Automobile Manufacturers Employers Organisation (Ameo). It is demanding a 20% wage increase across the board, while Ameo has offered a 4.5% increase.
- Read the full original of the above report by Luyolo Mkentane at BusinessLive
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