Seifsa appeals for ‘realism’ from Numsa
The Steel and Engineering Industries Federation of Southern Africa (Seifsa), which will soon enter into negotiations with labour on behalf of its employer associations, has appealed for the adoption of a “realistic approach” ahead of the wage negotiation season.
This followed an earlier comment by National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa (Numsa) deputy general-secretary Karl Cloete to the media that the union would demand a double-digit increase for its members.
“Although we will not negotiate with Numsa through the media, we would caution that it is very important for all stakeholders to be realistic in their approach to the negotiations. We cannot operate as though there is no context, as though we live in a vacuum,” Seifsa CEO Kaizer Nyatsumba said on Thursday.
He noted that the context in which negotiations would take place was a “very somber” one, dominated by an underperforming economy that had forced the closure of several producers in the metals and engineering sector, leading to deindustrialisation in certain parts of the country.
Nyatsumba said Seifsa, as a federation representing 27 associations in the metals and engineering industries, would approach the upcoming wage negotiations with South Africa’s “best interests in mind”.
“We will remain conscious of the fact [that] our country still has a long way to go to be internationally competitive, to maintain existing jobs and to create much-needed new ones,” he commented.
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