Neasa vows to continue lockout as MEIBC cancels meeting
Employer body, the National Employers Association of South Africa (Neasa), said on Thursday that its members would continue with the lockout of workers until a new entry-level wage and revised wage exemption system had been agreed upon in the metals and engineering sector.
Engineering News Online reported on Wednesday that Neasa last week announced that its members would engage in a lock-out of union members who had participated in the recent metals industry strike, as the association’s demands had not been considered in recent wage negotiations.
The organisation earlier refused to sign a 10% wage increase deal agreed to by unions and the Steel and Engineering Industries Federation of Southern Africa (Seifsa), saying its members could not afford the wage hike.
Labour union, the National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa subsequently applied for and then withdrew an urgent Labour Court application to have a lockout by Neasa members declared invalid.
Shortly after the withdrawal this week, the Metal and Engineeering Industries Bargaining Council (MEIBC) arranged a special general meeting in what Neasa claimed was an attempt to bind it and other nonparties to the agreement recently entered into between Seifsa and the trade unions.
However, Neasa on Wednesday brought an urgent application in the Labour Court to prevent the MEIBC from continuing with the meeting.
On Thursday, the MEIBC withdrew the notice of the meeting.
'This is an endless battle. What is clear here is that a minority group of employers, who do not have the interests of small, medium-sized and micro enterprises at heart, is attempting to bind Neasa and other nonparty employers into their unsustainable agreement.
“What is at stake here is the future of manufacturing in South Africa. Neasa will continue to do whatever it takes, within the confines of the law, to prevent this from happening,” commented CEO Gerhard Papenfus.
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