SEIFSA ISSUES NOTICE OF LOCK-OUT
26 June 2014
SEIFSA has received the National Union of Metalworkers 48 hours' notice to strike on wages and related substantive issues. The notice confirms that the strike will commence on Tuesday, 1 July 2014 in the form of a march in a number of Provinces. Thereafter there will be a total withdrawal of labour.
At its meeting on 23 June 2014, the SEIFSA Council approved a resolution authorizing the Federation to issue, on behalf of SEIFSA-affiliated employer Associations that are party to the Main Agreement of the Metal and Engineering Industries Bargaining Council, a 48-hour notice - in terms of the Labour Relations Act 66 of 1995 - of their intention to implement a lock-out in response to the strike called by the National Union of Metal Workers of South Africa commencing on Tuesday, 1 July 2014.
As you know, the dispute concerns the failure of the parties to conclude a collective agreement, the Main Agreement, in the MEIBC.
48 hours' notice of lock-out action has been served, by facsimile transmission, on ALL the trade unions concerned.
Member's having any queries are invited to contact the staff of the Industrial Relations Division for assistance.
Text of the letter from SEIFSA CEO Kaizer Nyatsumba notifying the MEIBC of the notice of a lock-out, June 26 2014:
26 June 2014
Mr Thulani Mthiyane General Secretary
Metal and Engineering Industries Bargaining Council P 0 Box 9381
Johannesburg 2000
Dear Mr Mthiyane
NOTICE OF A LOCK-OUT IN RESPONSE TO A STRIKE
Please be advised that, at its meeting on 23 June 2014, the SEIFSA Council approved a resolution authorizing the Federation to issue, on behalf of SEIFSA-affiliated employer Associations that are party to the Main Agreement of the Metal and Engineering Industries Bargaining Council, a 48-hour notice - in terms of the Labour Relations Act 66 of 1995 - of their intention to implement a lock-out in response to the strike called by the National Union of Metal Workers of South Africa commencing on Tuesday, 1 July 2014.
As you know, the dispute concerns the failure of the parties to conclude a collective agreement, the Main Agreement, in the MEIBC.
Notice of the lock-out has been served, by facsimile transmission, on the trade unions concerned.
Yours sincerely
Kaizer M. Nyatsumba
Chief Executive Officer
Please download these documents
MA Negs 2014 NUMSA Strike Notice
MA Negs 2014 SEIFSA Lock_Out Notice
Statement issued by SEIFSA, June 26 2014
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