Ntuthuzelo Nene24 October 2024 | 7:42

NUMSA members set to picket outside Denel over salary issues

The union claims that its members working for the state-owned arms manufacturer have not received any salary increases for the last five financial years.

NUMSA members set to picket outside Denel over salary issues

NUMSA members picket. Picture: Karabo Tebele/EWN

JOHANNESBURG - Members of the National Metalworkers Union of South Africa (NUMSA) are set to picket outside Denel offices in Centurion over a salary dispute.

The union claims that its members working for the state-owned arms manufacturer have not received any salary increases for the last five financial years.

In 2022, Denel was ordered by the Johannesburg Labour Court to pay R90 million in outstanding salaries to employees.

This after trade union Solidarity took the company to court over owed salaries and other payments to its members.

NUMSA spokesperson Phakamile Hlubi-Majola said workers at Denel had been exposed to painful salary cutbacks, which financially and psychologically affected many employees.

"Workers at Denel have suffered unbelievable cruelty at the hands of management and the former minister of public enterprises, Pravin Gordhan. Their actions are driven by government's desire to privatise the entity, and this process has resulted in immense suffering for workers. The Government National Unity (GNU) is continuing along the same vein."