SA: Petrol attendants to strike
source: IOL
Aziz Hartley
August 08 2007 at 07:14AM
With the ink barely dry on an agreement ending the petrol strike, another dispute in the industry may be about to start.
Petrol pump attendants, among others, are demanding a R2 500 a month minimum wage, 10 percent wage increase, 40-hour working week and four weeks annual leave.
Joined by workers manufacturing car parts and spares, motor mechanics and panel beaters, they are preparing to strike under the banner of the Cosatu-affiliated National Union of Metalworkers of SA (Numsa) after negotiations with employers in the Retail Motor Industry (RMI) deadlocked.
As 150 of them protested outside Cannings, a city panel beating business owed by RMI chief negotiator Barry Canning, Numsa regional organiser Roger Piedt said: “The effect on the public is that forecourt attendants will not be there to fill up vehicles, mechanics won’t fix or service cars and panel shops won’t get repairs done to damaged vehicles.
The mood among members is such that everyone is ready to down tools. Lunchtime demonstrations are already taking place and [continue reading]
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