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File image| Numsa members on strike.
The National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa (NUMSA) is expected to picket outside the Industrial Development Corporation (IDC) offices in Sandton, Johannesburg, on Tuesday.
The labour union says it’s demanding urgent intervention in the ongoing crisis at SA Steel Mills and to address issues at the steel producer company ArcelorMittal South Africa.
NUMSA’s spokesperson Phakamile Hlubi-Majola says the planned demonstration will be their third attempt at the IDC offices.
Hlubi-Majola revealed that they’ll be demanding, among others, that the IDC reject mental company Alfeco’s bid and to rather support a plan, which will offer a realistic and sustainable future for workers.
“This marks our third protest at IDC, as workers continue to suffer under a months-long business rescue process that has failed to deliver results. NUMSA is deeply concerned that the IDC-appointed business rescue practitioners are biased in favour of Alfeco, a bidder whose track record shows collapsed production and deteriorated labour relations. Alfeco’s so-called revival plan stretches over five years, with no guarantee of sustainability,” says Hlubi-Majola.
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