LETTER: Mandatory mediation by CCMA is now vital
SA is on the cusp of a possible public service strike
We are moving rather quickly into a winter of discontent (“Numsa gears up for strike at Samancor Chrome,” August 15). We can expect far harsher strikes over the next 18 months.
Despite the fact that we are in the 10-year memorial period for Marikana, it doesn’t look like this industry has matured enough to go beyond volatile strikes.
Coupled with these threats, we are on the cusp of a possible public service strike. That could mean more than 1.2-million South Africans out on the street destroying what little service delivery we do have.
Isn’t it about time the employment and labour minister steps in and uses his powers to invoke compulsory mediation led by the CCMA commissioners?
Michael Bagraim, MP, DA employment and labour spokesperson
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