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8 March, 2001South Africa's Labour Court rules in favour of VW South Africa.
SOUTH AFRICA: The South Africa Labour Court has overturned the January 23 decision of the Commission for Conciliation, Mediation and Arbitration (CCMA), which had ruled that Volkswagen South Africa had to reinstate 1,300 dismissed workers at its Uitenhage plant. The company fired the workers in February 2000 for having organised what a Labour Court Order declared as illegal strike action in July 1999.
The National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa (Numsa), which presently does not represent these workers, declared that the ruling was "regrettable and unfortunate," and that its doors were open to all the dismissed workers.
Numsa wants to be sure that the workers find jobs and has said that the union "will endeavour with other role players to find other forms of gainful employment projects in the form of cooperatives and negotiate a social plan to ensure that we alleviate poverty and unemployment in Uitenhage."
The National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa (Numsa), which presently does not represent these workers, declared that the ruling was "regrettable and unfortunate," and that its doors were open to all the dismissed workers.
Numsa wants to be sure that the workers find jobs and has said that the union "will endeavour with other role players to find other forms of gainful employment projects in the form of cooperatives and negotiate a social plan to ensure that we alleviate poverty and unemployment in Uitenhage."