Numsa threatens to withdraw from wage negotiations with Eskom
National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa threaten’s to withdraw from wage talks with Eskom, if the power utility continues with action against striking workers.
The trade union released a statement on Thursday accusing the power utility of negotiating in bad faith.
Numsa and the NUM have called for a meeting with public enterprises minister Pravin Gordhan and the Eskom board on Monday.
Eskom last week offered the three main unions a salary increase of seven point five percent this year and seven percent next year and in 2020‚ plus an inflation-linked increase in housing allowances and a one-off cash payment of R5‚000.
So far Solidarity is the only union that accepted the offer last week‚ Numsa and Num are still negotiating.
Source: News24
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