Numsa rejects 5.3% wage offer
The union wants a two-year agreement while the employers are pushing for three years
On the second day of wage negotiations‚ the National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa (Numsa) rejected the offer by the bargaining council for employers in the engineering sector. The offer is a 5.3% increase but Numsa is asking for a 15% increase based on the rate an employee is working and not on the minimum rate. Numsa said it also wants the agreement to include non-parties‚ such as the National Employers Association of South Africa (Neasa) and the Plastics Converters Association of South Africa (Pcasa) who fall under the the Metal and Engineering Industries Bargaining Council. The current wage agreement ends on June 30. The union wants a two-year agreement while the employers are pushing for three years. The employers are offering: an increase of 4% in the second and third year‚ if the consumer price index (CPI) is below 4%. But if the CPI in those years is above 8%‚ then they are offering an increase of 8%. Numsa said the employers also want new employees to earn half of t...
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