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Chemical, Energy, Paper, Printing, Wood and Allied Workers Union, Head Office, 30 July 2014 CEPPWAWU-Driven Wage Settlements in the Chemical Industry The 2014 Annual Wage Negotiations were not easy. It was the same also in the Bargaining Council for the Chemical Industry where CEPPWAWU is a majority union in all five Sectoral Chambers. These Sectoral Chambers are for Fast-Moving Consumer Goods, Glass, Industrial Chemicals, Petroleum and Pharmaceutical. At some stage negotiation reached deadlock and disputes were referred. Naturally strike action would follow should conciliation processes fail to yield agreements. Two Sectors reached agreement during conciliation. The Petroleum Sector was first by striking a very handsome two-year deal. Employers in this Sector agreed to offer workers an 8.5% (eight-and-half-percent) wage increase for 2014/2015. For 2015/2016 finance year workers are guaranteed a 10% (ten-percent) wage increase should the value of Inflation (CPI) reach 8.5% or more and 6% (six-percent) where the value of CPI falls to 4.5% or below. The Fast-Moving Consumer Goods Sector followed and reached a settlement around a wage increase of 8% (eight-percent). This settlement became a precursor to settlements in other Sectors. A stalemate persisted in the three other Sectors. It took gallant stewardship of the political leadership's intervention to break the logjam. CEPPWAWU leadership which happens to also be at the helm of the Bargaining Council itself convened an extraordinary meeting between employers and leadership of all participating unions. Employers representing all three Sectors were pulled together under one roof. In a matter of half-a-day these employers had improved their offers to match the settlement in the Fast-Moving Consumer Goods Sector. Workers welcome the average of 8% (eight-percent) wage increase for 2014/2015. At the beginning this kind of settlement seemed a far cry. The Union made it! CEPPWAWU is consistent for settling year-on-year at around this figure, not lesser. It is hilarious in that these settlements were struck without invoking a strike action. The Union is more determined to outdo its performance in the coming bargaining season and deliver more for its members. Amandla!!! CEPPWAWU Tel: 011 701 20300 Email: [email protected] -- -- You are subscribed. This footer can help you. Please POST your comments to [email protected] or reply to this message. You can visit the group WEB SITE at http://groups.google.com/group/yclsa-eom-forum for different delivery options, pages, files and membership. To UNSUBSCRIBE, please email [email protected] . You don't have to put anything in the "Subject:" field. You don't have to put anything in the message part. All you have to do is to send an e-mail to this address (repeat): [email protected] . --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "YCLSA Discussion Forum" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
