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Original Post Date: 2008-04-18 Time: 00:00:00 Posted By: Jan
Workers in the engineering sector may down tools next month over a wage deadlock, the National Union of Metal Workers of SA (Numsa) said on Wednesday.
Numsa said it had entered into a three-year wage settlement with employers in the sector in 2007.
However, due to rising interest rates, inflationary food prices, rocketing consumer price index (CPIX), bond repayments and increasing petrol prices, the union had requested that the settlement be revisited.
“Numsa was forced to push employers to reconsider their stance on long-term settlement wage increases.
| ‘Employers had refused to enter into further negotiations on the matter’ |
Numsa had requested the employer federation, the Steel Engineering Industry Federation of South Africa (Seifsa), to reconsider entering into further wage negotiations for increases above agreement settlement levels because salary increases for July 1,2008 were below inflation, the union said.
Employers had refused to enter into further negotiations on the matter, Numsa said, and had threatened to interdict any industrial action as the wage increases for the year were part of a legally binding agreement.
“Numsa is considering seeking a Commission for Conciliation, Mediation and Arbitration (CCMA) advisory award if employers utterly refuse to restart negotiations on the matter.”
The union would mobilise for massive strike action in the engineering industry next month.
The settlement includes 8,1 percent and 7,1 percent wage increases for the lowest and highest paid employees, which Numsa accepted at the time.
“It is morally binding on employers to enter into a new deal because of the looming economic recession.”
Seifsa could not immediately be reached for comment on Wednesday. – Sapa
Source: http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?art_id=nw20080416184117907C271589