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BL Premium reports that a wage deal between the National Union of Metalworkers of SA (Numsa) and employers in the motor sector is expected to be signed at the weekend. According to Numsa spokesperson Phakamile Hlubi-Majola, the union was “still engaging with employers with a view of resolving the wage talks soon”.
Jeffrey Molefe of the Retail Motor Industry Organisation said on Tuesday that the Motor Industry Bargaining Council] (Mibco) has scheduled finalisation of the draft settlement meeting for Friday. “We expect to conclude the wage talks on Saturday,” he indicated. Reggie Sibiya of the Fuel Retailers Association (FRA) said he did not have any updates for the public “except that negotiations are still taking place. I can’t disclose anything more than that at this stage.”
The FRA and the RMI are employer parties to the bargaining council. In May, the employers tabled multiterm inflation-based increases for hundreds of thousands of workers falling under the bargaining council, which covers more than 300,000 workers, of whom about 90,000 are Numsa members. The motor sector comprises employees in component manufacturing companies, fuel stations, car dealerships, tyre shops, aftermarket sales, glass-fitment centres, car cleaning, car parts assembly and panel-beating workshops. The three-year wage agreement signed in November 2022 ends on 31 August.
- Read the full original of the report in the above regard by Luyolo Mkentane at BusinessLive (subscriber access only)
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