Sep 17, 2022 Motor Industry Bargaining Council (MIBCO), Retail Motor Industry Organisation, (RMI), Jacques Viljoen,
On-going wage negotiations in MIBCO
The Retail Motor Industry Organisation, (RMI), the largest party to the Motor Industry Bargaining Council (MIBCO), currently engaged in on-going deliberations with the other parties to MIBCO in finding a resolve to the current wage negotiations impasse, confirmed that it remains buoyant about the prospect of a settlement on wages and other conditions of employment in the near future.
Commenting specifically on the wage dispute declaration with the RMI by the National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa (NUMSA), Jacques Viljoen, chief negotiator for the RMI said that RMI had made wage offer to NUMSA approximately 10 days ago. NUMSA rejected this offer outright without making a counter proposal.
He said this offer is informed by consumer price inflation trends, but more importantly, the preservation of the sustainability of the more than 15 000 small businesses, employing more than 200 000 employees in the industry. “The key focus for the RMI remains on balancing improvements in wages and other employment conditions of employees employed by its members, with, not only the retention of jobs, but the creation of valuable new employment opportunities. This remains at the forefront of our approach in attempting to settle the prevailing dispute,” says Viljoen.
Currently, the RMI and NUMSA are engaged in discussions around picketing rules, which will govern the conduct of employees who may elect to participate in possible future strikes. “These discussions are however at a very premature stage and any party that propagates war-talk about pending strikes and the like, dramatises a very delicate bargaining environment where the possibility of settlement without strikes, is very likely,” notes Viljoen.
Once a counter proposal is received the RMI will be able to assess just how far apart the parties are and just how eminent a settlement is. The RMI cautions reaction to inflammatory and sometime false statements made by certain trade union officials, aimed at disrupting the good progress being made at the negotiating table in MIBCO.
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