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A business owner in the plastics sector was forced to shut down by Numsa members, despite having an interdict against them. He writes:
We do belong to the Metal & Engineering Industries Bargaining Council (MEIBC), but fall under the plastics sector which has completed its wage negotiations.
Only 25% of our employees belong to the National Union of Metalworkers of SA (Numsa).
Since the strike started we have had staff that have wanted to work, but they have been threatened and intimidated by Numsa members.
The striking staff members even go the houses of the non-union members to make sure that they are not working.
We have had Numsa members push through our gates demanding to see our factory to ensure that we are not working. This was in full view of escorting police officers, who made no attempt to intervene.
We have been awarded an interdict against Numsa members, but they fail to adhere to it as they again came to our factory to make sure that we are not working.
We have heard from several staff that they will continue to come to our factory to ensure that we do not work.
We have not produced for nearly three weeks and we are not sure how long our company can manage like this.
The police do not seem interested in enforcing the law, playing a mediating role to calm the strikers from committing criminal acts and least of all ensuring the safety of business owners and non striking employees.
The Numsa strikers where throwing stones at a building close to our factory and the police did nothing to stop them or discourage them.
We do belong to the Metal & Engineering Industries Bargaining Council (MEIBC), but fall under the plastics sector which has completed its wage negotiations.
Only 25% of our employees belong to the National Union of Metalworkers of SA (Numsa).
Since the strike started we have had staff that have wanted to work, but they have been threatened and intimidated by Numsa members.
The striking staff members even go the houses of the non-union members to make sure that they are not working.
We have had Numsa members push through our gates demanding to see our factory to ensure that we are not working. This was in full view of escorting police officers, who made no attempt to intervene.
We have been awarded an interdict against Numsa members, but they fail to adhere to it as they again came to our factory to make sure that we are not working.
We have heard from several staff that they will continue to come to our factory to ensure that we do not work.
We have not produced for nearly three weeks and we are not sure how long our company can manage like this.
The police do not seem interested in enforcing the law, playing a mediating role to calm the strikers from committing criminal acts and least of all ensuring the safety of business owners and non striking employees.
The Numsa strikers where throwing stones at a building close to our factory and the police did nothing to stop them or discourage them.
