DA welcomes end of Numsa strike

Oscar Thomas
29 July 2014

The Democratic Alliance has welcomed the end to the 5 week long strike in the metal and engineering sector. 

Members of the National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa accepted a 10 percent wage increase on Monday.

DA MP of Labour Ian Ollis said both parties need to seek to ensure stable labour relations within the sector going forward. 

Ollis said we are quite happy that the strike has come to an end as workers are able to go back to work and the industry can go back to normal.

“The economy struggling so much this year due to large scale strikes in the platinum industry however the DA feels it’s time that we review the current state of labor relations in South Africa Ollis added.