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Posted on: 16 May 2013 @ 01:05 pm


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The Steel and Engineering Industries Federation of South Africa (SEIFSA) is a national employer federation representing the metal and engineering industry. For 70 years, SEIFSA has provided active support for its members and lobbied for policies that have improved the business environment in which its members operate. 

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A RESOUNDING VICTORY FOR COLLECTIVE BARGAINING
Posted on 12 April 2013 

The decision by the Minister of Labour to gazette and extend the 2011 / 2014 Main Agreement to all parties and non-parties in industry amounts to a resounding victory for centralised collective bargaining in the metal industry.
 
The decision by the Minister of Labour, finally lays to rest the question whether or not parties who represent the majority of employers and employees in industry have the right to extend their agreements to non-parties. 
 
The challenge by NEASA and the PCA was founded on the principle that whilst the majority are at liberty to determine their own terms and conditions of employment, they have no right to extend their agreements to the minority non-parties.
 

EDUCATION AND TRAINING ADVISORY COMMITTEE (ETAC) MEETING
 
A meeting of the Education and Training Advisory Committee (ETAC) will be held at 10h00 on Wednesday, 4 June 2013 at the Country Club Johannesburg, Auckland Park.
 
ETAC meetings are interactive half-day sessions where members are updated and informed about current skills development issues, trends and challenges facing the industry. Members also discuss issues where a SEIFSA mandate is required on strategic issues. The committee meets on a quarterly basis to discuss policy matters relating to the skills development legislation, Merseta strategies, technician and apprentice training and higher education matters.
 
SEIFSA member companies are entitled to free membership of the ETAC.
 
Booking is essential. Contact Melanie Mulholland on (011) 298 9443 or email melanie@seifsa.co.za

COSATU SECTION 77 PROTEST ACTION OVER E-TOLLING
Posted on 4 March 2013 
 
Management may be aware that COSATU in 2012 issued a notice to NEDLAC of its intention to proceed with protest action (in terms of section 77 (1) (d) of the Labour Relations Act) in support of the demand that government abandon its intention to proceed with e-tolling. 
 
This Management Brief provides some basic background to the issues and guidance to management in dealing with the protected protest action.
 
Background to the Cosatu Stay-Away
 
On 13 May 2011, COSATU submitted a notice under Section 77 of the LRA on Open Road Tolling (ORT) to NEDLAC. At a meeting of the Section 77 Standing Committee in September 2011, government confirmed that the ORT would be launched on 1 February 2012.
 

APPLICATION BY NEASA AND PCA (SA) TO DECLARE THE EXTENSION OF THE MAIN AGREEMENT TO NON-PARTIES INVALID
 
NEASA and the PCA (SA) have sought to review and set aside the Ministers of Labour’s decision to extend the Main Agreement to non-parties that fall within the Council’s scope of registration.
 
The matter was heard on Monday, 17 December 2012 in the Labour Court in Braamfontein, Gauteng, before Judge van Niekerk J and judgment was handed down on 20 December 2012. 
 

NUMSA TO PROTEST POWER PRICE INCREASES
 
Introduction
 
Management may have read in today’s Business Day that the National Union of Metalworkers of SA (NUMSA) may take to the streets from tomorrow to protest against Eskom’s application for a 16% annual electricity tariff increase for the next 5 years.   
 
Management may also be aware that COSATU announced, during the course of last month, that it intended to embark on a socioeconomic protest action (in terms of section 77 of the Labour Relations Act) against the unemployment, poverty income and inequality crisis facing the economy.
 
 

METAL AND ENGINEERING  INDUSTRY EXPRESSES CONCERN OVER THE APPROACH OF THE REVISED BBBEE CODES
Posted on 14 December 2012
 
The Steel and Engineering Industries Federation of South Africa (SEIFSA) is concerned with the one size fits all approach of the proposed revised BBBEE codes. Whilst the Federation understands and supports the Department of Trade and Industries’ motivation to advance transformation in the country by introducing augmented criteria for B-BBEE compliance, it is concerned at the proposed unilateral approach (as evidenced in the generic scorecard) relative to the metal and engineering industry. This sector is under considerable pressure as a consequence of, inter alia, erosion of local competitiveness (domestic costs rising relative to the  ability to compete in the international market) and relatively cheap imports. 
 

COSATU SECTION 77 PROTEST ACTION OVER E-TOLLING
Posted on 28 November 2012

Management may be aware, from recent media reports, that COSATU has issued a notice to NEDLAC of its intention to continue with its programme of  protest action (in terms of section 77 (1) (d) of the Labour Relations Act) on 30 November to 7 December 2012 in support of the demand that government abandon its intention to proceed with e-tolling.

This Management Brief provides some basic background to the issues and guidance to management in dealing with the protected protest action.


EMPLOYMENT EQUITY AMENDMENT BILL, 2012
Posted on 27 November 2012

The Employment Equity Amendment Bill, 2012 was approved by Cabinet on 4 September 2012 and will now follow the Parliamentary process.

Whilst the Employment Equity Amendment Bill contains some key and important amendments, on the whole, the basis of ensuring compliance with the broad principles of employment equity, as contained in the Employment Equity Act of 1998 have largely remained unchanged.
 

STRIKE ACTION AND WAGE BARGAINING DEMANDS
Posted on 1 October 2012

SEIFSA MANAGEMENT BRIEF
 
SEIFSA, in view of the current unpredictable industrial relations climate following events at Marikana and having been approached by a few companies who have received a demand from their workforce to enter into wage negotiations, has sought legal advice from its attorneys, Cliffe Dekker Hofmeyr Inc, on how best to deal with any similar developments in the metal industry. 
 

SEIFSA RESPONSE TO ‘ MEIBC INDUSTRY ALERT: SEIFSA ACTIVITY’
Posted on 30 August 2012

SEIFSA has tried exceptionally hard to maintain an amicable relationship with NEASA in the interests of the industry and to build a sound relationship with the organisation. However, NEASA seems, in the words of David Carson, Executive Director of SEIFSA: “to have an unhealthy obsession with the activities of SEIFSA”. NEASA appears intent on constantly seeking to find fault with SEIFSA, its role in industry and how it goes about representing members’ interests in the industry.

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INDUSTRY POLICY FORUM
Posted on 27 August 2012

The following developments have been agreed between the parties at a bargaining council management committee meeting on 24 July 2012, related to the establishment of the Industrial Policy Forum (IPF):

  • The IPF Plenary in terms of the 9-a-side arrangement was agreed
  • 18 employer representatives: 9 SEIFSA and 9 NEASA representatives were agreed
  • 18 trade union representatives: 3 UASA; 1 SAEWA; 4 Solidarity; 2 MEWUSA; 1 CEPPWAWU and 7 NUMSA representatives (plus 1 invitee) was also agreed

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MEIBC FILES A NOTICE OF MOTION IN THE LABOUR COURT OVER WAGE INCREASES
Posted on 27 July 2012

The MEIBC filed a semi-urgent notice of motion in the Labour Court on 19 July 2012.  It is anticipated that the impending application to the Labour Court will bring a satisfactory conclusion to the current challenge by NEASA and the PCASA over the agreed industry wage increases for July 2012 and 2013.

The MEIBC’s application is supported by SEIFSA and the industries six party trade unions, who are all in agreement with the MEIBC that NEASA’s and the PCASA’s stance in the dispute:

  • Is inconsistent with their conduct in previous years
  • Is opportunistic and unethical
  • Has the potential for serious industrial unrest within the industry
  • Undermines sectoral collective bargaining
  • Undermines the purpose of the LRA

For more information, please contact:

David Carson    
Executive Director
011 298-9417

Lucio Trentini
Operations Director
011 298-9414

Gordon Angus    
Industrial Relations Services Manager
011 298 9433


COUNCILS POSITION WITH REGARDS TO THE PCASA CIRCULAR
(Sourced from MEIBC website)

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ANNUAL WAGE INCREASES 2012/13

METAL INDUSTRY WAGE INCREASES

SEIFSA is pleased to announce that the industry’s annual wage increases effective from 1 July 2012 have been finalised in accordance with the wage model agreed with the trade unions in 2011. The increases range from 7% at Rate A to 8% at Rate H. There are no further changes to employment conditions. 

The agreed increases for all grades and sectors have been calculated by reference to the following wage model:

  • Rate A: 7% and Rate H: 8%
  • However, if the CPI (April figure published in May) is 8% or above then the actual wage adjustment will be based on CPI (April figure published in May) plus 2% respectively.
  • Because the CPI figure for April 2012 was 6.1%, the agreed minimum increases of 7% to 8% for Rates A to H have been applied. 

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