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Johannesburg - A two-week strike by metalworkers is likely to drag on as the Steel and Engineering Industries Federation of Southern Africa (Seifsa) withdrew its final wage offer on Tuesday.
Seifsa announced in a statement that it had withdrawn a "final" wage offer made to the National Union of Metalworkers of SA (Numsa).
"The final offer made last week - which was intended to end the strike and to see employees back at work this week - failed to accomplish its goal and has since been withdrawn," Kaizer Nyatsumba, Seifa chief executive said in a statement.
"The employers have withdrawn their offer but they've made an undertaking that they're going to their chamber and they'll come back to us before the end of the week," Numsa spokesperson Castro Ngobese said.
He added that the union would meet on Tuesday to consider intensifying the strike.
Numsa is demanding a 10% wage increase and on Sunday rejected an offer by Seifa, which tabled a three-year wage offer of between 8% and 10% for different levels of workers in the first year.
Thousands of Numsa members went on strike on July 1, initially demanding a salary increase of 12%, dropped from their pre-strike demand of 15%, a R1 000 housing allowance, and a total ban on labour brokers.
- Reuters, Sapa
Seifsa announced in a statement that it had withdrawn a "final" wage offer made to the National Union of Metalworkers of SA (Numsa).
"The final offer made last week - which was intended to end the strike and to see employees back at work this week - failed to accomplish its goal and has since been withdrawn," Kaizer Nyatsumba, Seifa chief executive said in a statement.
"The employers have withdrawn their offer but they've made an undertaking that they're going to their chamber and they'll come back to us before the end of the week," Numsa spokesperson Castro Ngobese said.
He added that the union would meet on Tuesday to consider intensifying the strike.
Numsa is demanding a 10% wage increase and on Sunday rejected an offer by Seifa, which tabled a three-year wage offer of between 8% and 10% for different levels of workers in the first year.
Thousands of Numsa members went on strike on July 1, initially demanding a salary increase of 12%, dropped from their pre-strike demand of 15%, a R1 000 housing allowance, and a total ban on labour brokers.
- Reuters, Sapa
