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BL Premium reports that the industrial action planned by the National Union of Metalworkers of SA (Numsa) in the metals and engineering industries sector is set to start with a march to the bargaining council in Johannesburg on Tuesday.
The strike action comes after parties failed to find each other on Sunday, and a month after Numsa declared a wage deadlock with employer associations at the Metals and Engineering Industries Bargaining Council (MEIBC). Numsa general secretary Irvin Jim said the union would march to the council’s offices on Tuesday “as part of the first day of action” for the strike. Marches would also take place in the Eastern Cape, the Northern Cape and KwaZulu-Natal, with rallies set to take place in the Western Cape. Numsa’s leadership engaged all employer associations over the weekend to try to avert the strike. Jim reported: “Despite our best efforts, we regret that our attempt to push Seifsa [Steel and Engineering Industries Federation of SA] to make a meaningful offer, led to negotiations collapsing last night [Sunday].” Lucio Trentini, CEO of Seifsa, the sector’s largest employer body that represents 18 organisations employing 170,000 workers, confirmed that the strike would proceed on Tuesday. He said any interruption to the sector, given its “fragile state of affairs”, would be in no-one’s best interest, “least of all workers and owners of business who will be directly and indirectly affected”. Seifsa’s proposal is for a 4.4% increase in 2021, and inflation-related increases in 2022 and 2023.
- Read the full original of the report in the above regard by Luyolo Mkentane at BusinessLive (subscriber access only)
- Lees ook, Numsa wil ingenieursbedryf tot stilstand dwing, by Maroela Media
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