Medupi workers to return to work on Tuesday
Workers at Eskom’s Medupi power station would return to work on Tuesday, following positive engagement between union representatives and subcontractors, an Eskom spokesperson said on Monday.
Workers embarked on illegal protest action on Wednesday last week, resulting in the injury of 25 workers and causing the subsequent lock-out of all employees owing to safety concerns.
Last week’s protest primarily involved workers affiliated to the metals industries and the National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa who were employed by Hitachi and Murray & Roberts Projects.
Eskom spokesperson Hilary Joffe told Engineering News Online that existing project labour agreement mechanisms facilitated resolution of the dispute and that any decision to undertake disciplinary action against workers would be taken by the subcontracting companies themselves.
She added that grievances included issues around payslips and that the presence of independent auditors to investigate payslip processes had allayed these concerns.
While construction timelines remained unchanged, Joffe said that any labour disruption posed a serious threat to the project's tight schedule and could impact on Medupi's ability to meet its power generation deadline.
“We look forward to getting back to work tomorrow,” she added.
Medupi’s first unit is expected to generate first power to South Africa’s national grid by the end of this year.
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