Numsa: Arbitration Orders Busmark To Reinstate 82 Unfairly Dismissed Workers

THE National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa in the JC Bez region in Johannesburg has welcomed the decision handed down through private arbitration ordering Busmark 2000 to reinstate 82 workers who were unfairly dismissed in 2013.

Busmark is a Randfontein-based company which manufactures, maintains and services buses.

Numsa’s regional secretary Oupa Ralake said in a statement that in August 2013 their members participated in the National Motor strike, which was a protected strike.

Busmark did not see it that way, and took disciplinary action against these workers for participating in the strike.

“On the