The National Union of Metalworkers of SA (Numsa) said on Thursday that its members at the Road Accident Fund (RAF) were striking for higher wages and to protest the "shambolic management" of the indebted agency. The RAF said on Thursday that less than 150 employees were picketing and that it could not accede to demands from Numsa that it adopt "unverified, nebulous, proposed salary scales" and that despite severe financial pressures, it was continuing to remunerate employees fairly. Numsa, which claims to represent 1,500 of the RAF’s 2,863 staff, will also protest at the Department of Transport on Friday, saying in a statement that employees there were unable to work properly due to poor remuneration and shambolic management. "Our workers use their expertise every day to service the poor. Their legal and healthcare expertise ensures that the most vulnerable sectors of our society, receive their compensation from the fund," Numsa general-secretary Irvin Jim said. Numsa says its lowes...
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