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Numsa calls off strike at Ford SA after negotiation of R20,000 bonuses

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handshake thumb medium90 90Fin24 reports that the National Union of Metalworkers of SA (Numsa) has announced that thousands of employees will return to work after days of strike action at the Ford SA Silverton assembly plant.

On Thursday last week, the union commenced with industrial action to demand bonus payments from the motoring company, as well as a share in the profits. Ford SA then successfully approached the Johannesburg Labour Court for an interim interdict. Despite the interdict, union members continued to protest. The company then warned that any continued strike action would be unlawful and unprotected. Yesterday (Thursday), the union announced that the deadlock had been broken following negotiations with Ford SA. Numsa general secretary Irvin Jim indicated: “Despite Ford securing an interim order from the Labour Court and Ford’s subsequent threat of dismissal, over 3,000 workers refused to return to work and production ground to a halt. After days of marathon behind-the-scenes negotiations with Ford management to address the legitimate grievances of workers, Numsa was able to secure an agreement that all workers will be able to return to work, and there will be no disciplinary sanction for those who participated in the strike.” Jim added that Numsa had also negotiated that Ford would pay each worker R20,000 as “a deadlock-breaking mechanism, and to pay these monies as soon as possible following the return of workers to the workplace”. Numsa called on all workers at Ford SA to report for their shifts on Friday, 12 July commencing at 06h00.

  • Read the full original of the report in the above regard by Na'ilah Ebrahim at Fin24
  • Read too, Ford strikers to return to work on Friday, at BusinessLive


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