NUMSA RESPONSE TO NEASA
Wednesday 14 January 2014
The National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa (Numsa) notes the ghastly claims by the National Employers' Association of South Africa's (NEASA) that we have capitulated to their 2014 wage demands. This is a gross misrepresentation and deliberate distortion of facts. NUMSA has not capitulated to NEASA's demands.
The demands, which NEASA claims we had agreed to, are the following;
(1) A 7% across the board wage increase; AND
(2) A 50% reduction of the entry level wage (for new employees) in respect of the three lowest wage categories.