NUM can confirm that Eskom has collapsed the wage negotiations
2 June 2021
The National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) can confirm that Eskom has collapsed the wage negotiations. Eskom has declared a dispute with the trade unions. The NUM will wait for the CCMA date for conciliation.
The NUM is optimistic that the CCMA process will be able to resolve this dispute. The NUM conditionally reviewed its demands yesterday to 10%, with a condition that Eskom must make a proper offer. Now that Eskom has failed to make an offer the revert back to its original demands of 15%, closing the Apartheid Wage Gap, conditions of services and organizational rights.
The NUM is extremely angered and disturbed after Eskom GCE Andre De Ruyter released a misleading statement yesterday to all Eskom employees misleading and lying to them of the proceedings at the Central Bargaining Forum (CBF). This is the same person who refused to address the CBF but dares to deliberately misrepresent and lie about the proceedings of the CBF. We condemn the misinformation by Eskom to our members yesterday. Eskom failed to negotiate with and wants to negotiate directly with our members. They are refusing to bargain, because we are still in the beginning of the 3rd round of negotiations as per our recognition agreement.
The Eskom disciplinary code classifies misinforming as serious misconduct. The GCE did not only misinform our members but also disrespected and contravened the recognition agreement. Contravening the agreement with trade unions is also misconduct.