Numsa engineering sector to embark on national strike in October
Some workers in the engineering sector will be downing tools next month.
Wage negotiations between the National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa (Numsa) and employers have deadlocked.
The union is demanding an 8% hike for the first year and inflation plus 2% for the second and third years.
Employers are offering a 4.4% increase.
Numsa spokesperson Phakamile Hlubi-Majola says that workers have already had to sacrifice their increases last year to save the industry after it was hit as a result of the pandemic.
She says they have secured a certificate of non-resolution which allows for a national strike.
""The strike will take place on the 5th of October 2021 and we will launch the strike with a national march.
"This looming national strike is a clear rejection of the insulting offer which SEIFSA advanced on behalf of employers.”
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