BADGER
MICHAEL AVERY: A collective mess awaits the metals industry
The relentless push for higher entry-level wages has had dire consequences for the metals & engineering sector
The opening gambits have been played by business and labour in the chess game of wage negotiations that have come to define the collective bargaining landscape in the metals & engineering (M&E) sector.
Speaking to the CEOs of the two major employer organisations this past week — Lucio Trentini of Steel & Engineering Industries Federation of Southern Africa (Seifsa) and Gerhard Papenfus of the National Employers’ Association of SA (Neasa) — and reading through the National Union of Metalworkers of SA (Numsa) demands, it is clear a long, cold, discontented winter awaits. This is especially disheartening given all the work that has gone into laying the groundwork for more pragmatic talks over the past three years. ..
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