BL Premium reports that the National Union of Metalworkers of SA (Numsa) is considering a revised offer from motor sector employers that could see workers receiving increases of up to 7.5% in a three-year deal.
Numsa general secretary Irvin Jim said the union had received a revised wage offer from the Retail Motor Industry Organisation (RMI) on Friday, which it had taken to its members for a mandate. RMI has offered workers employed by vehicle component manufacturers increases of 7.5% in the first year and increases of 6% in each of the second and third years. The RMI has proposed that workers in car dealerships receive pay rises of 6.5%, 5% and 5% over three years. “We will use Monday to give feedback to members at various plants on the proposal so that the union can get a mandated position on the future of this round of wage negotiations,” Jim indicated. Numsa had been demanding a 12% increase from employers, including the RMI and the Fuel Retailers Association (FRA), which had offered increases of between 3% and 4% for forecourt attendants, cleaners and cashiers. The FRA was still offering 4%, according to Numsa spokesperson Phakamile Hlubi-Majola. The motor sector represents employees in components manufacturing companies, fuel stations, car dealerships, car cleaning companies, auto parts assembly and panel-beating workshops. The sector employs about 306,000 workers nationally, of which about 90,000 are Numsa members.
- Read the full original of the report in the above regard by Luyolo Mkentane at BusinessLive (subscriber access only)
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