THE National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa (Numsa) has welcomed the decision of the Labour Court to dismiss the application by steel producer Arcelormittal South Africa (AMSA) to interdict the ongoing national strike at all its plants.
Numsa members have been on strike since May 11, demanding a 10% across-the-board wage increase.
According to research firm FocusEconomics, the inflation rate was forecast to average at about 5.3% for the current year, making Numsa’s wage increase demands nearly double the current inflation rate.
“We know AMSA can afford our demands, they are just being greedy by refusing to compromise,” Numsa alleged on May 24.
On the first day of the strike, AMSA brought an urgent application to the Labour Court in Johannesburg to interdict the strike by employees at its blast furnaces, coke batteries and steel plants.
AMSA made the application on the basis that it had referred two disputes
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