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28 August 2017 LIMUSA rejects the new MEIBC Agreement Liberated Metalworkers Union of South Africa (LIMUSA) is once again shocked but not surprised by the recent settlements agreement in the Metal and Engineering Bargaining Council. This agreement will increase wages by 7 %. The development has become a norm in the metal industry were compromised agreement are concluded in board rooms. It is not a coincidence that in the history of the metal industry that the three main sectors e.g. Auto, Motor and Engineering had concluded agreements without workers lifting a figure to employers. This is however a fact that these settlements represent a decline in terms of achievements compared to previous bargaining rounds. There is no improvement factor in these settlements therefore in real terms the wages of workers are not increasing at all. Pseudo-militant These settlements are led by the pseudo-militant union which rejected 9 % in bus sector early this year which was led by SATAWU. Their hypocrisy has been exposed as they could not reach even 8% in the industry which they are majority without even a strike while claiming to be the most militant in the land. The metal industry is serious facing a number of challenges particularly the Metal and Engineering like the challenge in courts of the collective agreements and the Council is under administration due to financial challenges while other are focusing on new industries. This development vindicates LIMUSA view on the importance of industry dedicated union. General workers' union There real reasons the metalworkers are not striking anymore is that the so-called biggest metalworkers cannot take a strike because of financial challenges, dictatorship by one leader and leadership divisions, neglect of engineering sector and focussing on new industries and ideological confusion amongst other things. All the above challenges emanate from the 2013 December Special Congress that changed a metalworkers' union into a general workers' union that organises all the workers. We call on all metalworkers to join the only metalworkers' union in South Africa for themselves to ensure that we defend the future of the industry and dignity of metalworkers. LIMUSA is in process of being party to the Council to ensure that the next round of negotiations metalworkers have a voice that is caring inside the process. Issue by Secretariat For details contact: Cedric Gina, 083 364 7977 ________________________________ [http://imageshack.com/a/img32/381/6b28.png] E-mail Disclaimer: The information contained in this communication is confidential and may be legal privileged. It is intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom it is addressed and others authorised to received it. If you are not the intended recipient you are hereby notified that any disclosure, copying, distribution or taking action in reliance of the contents of this information is strictly prohibited and may be unlawful. The views and opinions expressed in this e-mail are those of the sender unless clearly stated as those of South African Democratic Teachers Union (SADTU). SADTU accepts no liability whatsoever for any loss or damages incurred or suffered arising from the use of this e-mail or its attachments. SADTU does not warrant the integrity of this e-mail nor that it is free of errors, viruses, interception or interference. -- -- 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]. To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/yclsa-eom-forum. To view this discussion on the web, visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/yclsa-eom-forum/533A2CE396AEAF46A12C809E9F98070501D2109E3E%40sadtuex01.SADTU.org.za. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
