Numsa said it has applied for a section 150 application in terms of the Labour Relations Act to permit the CCMA to appoint someone to facilitate resolution of the current dispute between the parties.
“If Tenneco’s inflexible attitude persists, it will require all workers, all unions, and their federations to set aside their differences and fight together to defeat this attack on workers hard won gains. “It is for this reason that Numsa has begun a process to consult workers from four other sister companies in South Africa, which fall under the component manufacturing sector and auto assemblers, with the clear intention of getting support for a solidarity action,” said Mziyanda Twani, Numsa’s regional secretary.The union has thanked local communities, international sister unions and other organisations for standing with it.
“We have resolved to intensify our international solidarity campaign so that Tenneco Globally must respond to the plight of South African Tenneco employees. Such a response must be consistent with their global policies as stated above.” NOW READ: