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Fin24 reports that, with yet another company invoking section 189 of the Labour Relations Act, the National Union of Metalworkers of SA (Numsa) has warned that it would "do everything possible” to fight Samancor Chrome’s plans to cut 595 jobs at its smelting operations.
And while Numsa tries to stop a jobs bloodbath at the company’s Mooinooi smelter in the North West Province, the union is also in defence mode in retrenchment consultations at Glencore Alloys and Merafe Resources smelter in Rustenburg. Both Glencore and Samancor have said energy challenges were behind their decisions to resort to retrenchment processes. In a statement, Numsa indicated: "As a union we are deeply concerned that once again the cost of electricity, and the crisis of loadshedding has resulted in the threat of job losses. Last year, the high cost of energy was one of the main reasons given by ArcelorMittal for serving us with section 189 retrenchment notice… Loadshedding and high energy costs are having a direct impact on production, and in turn, this is resulting in workers losing their jobs." Hovever, Numsa added that Samancor's alleged poverty was “suspicious”, considering the company's recent purchase of Hernic Ferrochrome.
Read the full original of the report in the above regard by Khulekani Magubane at Fin24
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