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BusinessLive reports that the National Union of Metalworkers of SA (Numsa) is set to embark on indefinite strike at Ford SA, which could disrupt production and throw global supply chain processes into disarray when thousands of workers abandon their posts on Thursday.
The union has served Ford SA with a 48-hour strike notice. “The reason for the strike is that Ford is refusing to share its profits with workers. Our members are the creators of wealth and Ford has benefited hugely from the sweat and labour of workers. Ford management pretends not to understand the demand and they keep claiming it is ‘impermissible’ and they claim that workers have no right to demand bonuses,” Numsa’s Irvin Jim said in a statement. He went on to say that Ford SA could afford to pay workers “some kind of a bonus” as the company had “made a fortune” over the last four years. According to Jim, Ford failed to reach an agreement with Numsa at a CCMA conciliation meeting held on 11 June. After picketing rules were concluded, the commissioner issued a certificate of non-resolution of a dispute. Ford SA’s Duduzile Nxele requested non-striking employees to work from home for the duration of the strike.
- Read the full original of the report in the above regard by Luyolo Mkentane at BusinessLive
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