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  • Numsa rejected the conditional offer on Sunday which included a 10 percent increase for workers this year. Picture: Aletta Garner/EWN.

    Numsa strike: Seifsa withdraws final offer

    The industrial action, which was marred by violence and intimidation, entered its third week.

    2913 days ago
  • Hundreds of National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa (Numsa) members took to the street to demand pay hike in a nationwide strike on 1 July 2014. Picture: Sebabatso Mosamo/EWN.

    Numsa plans to intensify strike

    The metalworkers union says it will meet with members to plan how to strengthen its wage strike.

    2913 days ago
  • FILE: Toyota and General Motors have suspended production at its lines as a result of the Numsa strike. Picture: Sebabatso Mosamo/EWN.

    Toyota suspends production due to strike

    Numsa is demanding a basic wage hike of 15 percent and a R1,000 housing allowance.

    2913 days ago
  • Numsa members have been on strike since 1 July 2014. Picture: EWN

    Numsa to meet employers on wage deal

    The union will meet with employers on Monday in a bid to end the two-week strike.

    2914 days ago
  • Numsa General Secretary Irvin Jim. Picture: Sapa.

    Numsa rejects latest wage offer

    The union has called on employers to put a one-year deal on the table.

    2915 days ago
  • FILE: Numsa members in Cape Town take part in a march marking the start of a national strike on 1 July 2014. Picture: EWN.

    Numsa strike: Seifsa says no more offers

    The employer body also said it had not received any notice from the union on the latest wage offer.

    2917 days ago
  • Around 200,000 Numsa-affiliated members are demanding a 15 percent wage increase. Picture: Sebabatso Mosamo/EWN.

    Numsa: Strike to continue for now

    The metalworkers union has reportedly rejected the latest wage offer.

    2917 days ago
  • Around 200,000 Numsa-affiliated members downed tools in the engineering and metals industries on 1 July. Picture: Aletta Gardner/EWN.

    Numsa expected to provide feedback

    The metalworkers union is expected to provide feedback on the latest offer to its striking members.

    2917 days ago
  • Despite a massive automotive strike by Numsa, Ford has downplayed concerns around its future here. Picture: Ford Motor Company.

    Ford ‘committed’ to SA despite strike

    Despite a massive automotive strike by Numsa, Ford downplayed concerns around its future here.

    2917 days ago
  • President Jacob Zuma. Picture: GCIS.

    Zuma to launch automotive plant

    It is hoped the R600m plant in PE will increase foreign investor confidence in the country.

    2918 days ago
  • Numsa members in Cape Town take part in a march marking the start of a national strike on 1 July 2014. Picture: EWN

    'Numsa accountable for strike violence'

    Riah Phiyega’s office says Numsa must be held accountable for the violence during its wage strike.

    2919 days ago
  • National Police Commissioner Riah Phiyega. Picture: Christa Eybers/EWN.

    Phiyega wants urgent meeting with Numsa

    Phiyega wants to meet the union to address the violence which is characterising its wage strike.

    2919 days ago
  • Around 200,000 Numsa members embarked on a nationwide strike on 1 July 2014. Picture: Sebabatso Mosamo/EWN.

    Strike-related violence continues

    Twelve people were arrested after attacking a truck at a metals company on the East Rand.

    2920 days ago
  • Around 200,000 Numsa members are demanding a 15 percent salary increase. Picture: EWN,

    Tensions grow between Neasa & Seifsa

    Neasa says it should've been consulted before Seifsa tabled a 10 percent offer to Numsa.

    2920 days ago
  • Members of the National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa (Numsa) picket at Megawatt Park, Sunninghill, north of Johannesburg on 2 July 2014. Picture: Sebabatso Mosamo/EWN.

    Numsa strike violence continues

    Two companies in Germiston and Olifantsfontein have come under attack on Monday afternoon.

    2920 days ago
  • Members of the National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa (Numsa) march for better wages in Cape Town on 1 July 2013. Picture: Sapa.

    Numsa strike: Wage negotiations fail

    Both Numsa and Neasa failed to reach an agreement on proposed cuts to entry level wages.

    2921 days ago
  • Around 200,000 Numsa-affiliated members embarked on a wage strike on 1 July. Picture: EWN.

    Numsa remains steadfast on strike

    The union has revised its wage demands from 12 to 15%.

    2921 days ago
  • Members of the National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa (Numsa) picket at Megawatt Park, Sunninghill, northern of Johannesburg on 2 July 2014. Picture: Sebabatso Mosamo/EWN.

    Numsa members vow to continue strike

    Metalworkers union Numsa has rejected the employer's latest offer of 10 percent.

    2921 days ago
  • Around 200,000 Numsa-affiliated members downed tools on 1 July. Picture: Sebabatso Mosamo/EWN.

    Numsa urged to restrain members

    Numsa's strike has been characterised by violence and intimidation of non-striking workers and factory owners.

    2922 days ago
  • Over 200,000 Numsa members are on strike for better wages. Picture: Sapa.

    Pregnant strike victim speaks of terror

    The woman was hospitalised after striking Numsa members struck her on the stomach with a metal rod.

    2923 days ago
  • Over 100 factories have had to shut their doors in Benoni following violence and intimidation by striking Numsa members. Picture: Vumani Mkhize/EWN.

    Strike violence victims describe horror

    A factory owner has told EWN about brutal assaults on him and a heavily pregnant employee.

    2923 days ago
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