SOUTH Africa’s biggest engineering union, Numsa, has rejected a new wage offer as a national strike that has already hit output at car maker BMW enters its second week on Thursday, employer body Seifsa said.
The National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa (Numsa), with around 155,000 members organised in the sector, have been on strike since Oct. 5 to press for higher wages, an action that could hit supplies of parts to make new cars and accessories.
On Monday, luxury car maker BMW said it lost production at its main vehicle assembly plant in South Africa when a number of suppliers were affected.
“Regrettably at the conclusion of last night’s meeting we can report that we do not have an agreement,” Lucio Trentini, chief executive at industry body Steel and Engineering Industries Federation of Southern Africa (Seifsa), told Reuters.
“We will regroup this morning and plot the way
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