Former Dunlop employees threaten court fight with union for information on fund possibly worth up to R780m THE National Union of Metalworkers of SA (Numsa) said on Wednesday it had no knowledge of a multimillion-rand pension fund belonging to former Dunlop employees who sought to take the union to court this week.Numsa said it had handed over all documents in its possession regarding the mergers between Dunlop Tyres and Apollo Tyres to the former members and would welcome its day in court should they persist in "tarnishing" the name of the union.A group of 600 ex-Dunlop employees threatened on Tuesday to take Numsa to court seeking access to documents and records that could relate to the status of surplus benefits and pension monies in a fund they estimate could be worth up to R780m.The allegations come amid claims by the Congress of South African Trade Unions (Cosatu) that up to R92bn is going unclaimed in pension funds.Committee chairman Bhekikhaya Ngongoma said on Wednesday Numsa...
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