29 June 2015 SACTWU Settles Footwear Sector Wage Negotiations The COSATU-affiliated Southern African Clothing and Textile Workers' Union (SACTWU) has settled its 2015 wage negotiations in the footwear sector. The agreement was finalised on Friday, under the auspices of the National Bargaining Council for the Leather Manufacturing Industry of South Africa. The agreement was concluded with the Southern African Footwear & Leather Industries Association (SAFLIA), which is the employer organisation in the industry. The wage increase is 7.5%, and will come into effect on 1st July this year. The agreement is for a 12 month period. The agreement also makes provision for improvements in shop stewards' time off for trade union activities and in the agency fee provisions applicable to the sector. Issued by: Andre Kriel, SACTWU General Secretary If further information is required, kindly contact SACTWU's Footwear Sector National Co-ordinator, Nazir Armoed, on office number 031 3011351 or cell number 082 884 0830. -- -- 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.
