Numsa denounces ‘slavery wages’ plan and ‘extremely dangerous’ Ramaphosa
The National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa (Numsa) says it rejects "government’s proposed R20 an hour‚ R3,500 a month national minimum wage for workers". The proposed national minimum wage of R3,500 a month was presented to the National Economic Development and Labour Council (Nedlac) by a panel of advisers on Sunday and announced by Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa. Numsa general secretary Irvin Jim said on Tuesday the union was "extremely disgusted by the mission of the African National Congress and Ramaphosa to legislate slavery wages‚ maintain super-exploitation of black and African labour under the disguise of national minimum wage". "Numsa is convinced that Ramaphosa is extremely dangerous‚ continually gunning for the blood of the working class and ready to evaporate the dream of a living national minimum wage‚" he added. Jim called at the Congress of South African Trade Unions and Federation of Unions of South Africa "open collaborators with this right-wing conservati...
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