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28 August, 2001South African metalworkers express their appreciation for the international support they received during the autoworkers' strike.
SOUTH AFRICA: In a letter to the IMF and some of its affiliates, the National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa (Numsa) has expressed its sincere thanks for the solidarity support it received during the three-week strike in the auto industry.
"The employers learned that they have to reckon with workers who are organised at international level," says Numsa. "We salute the trade union members and works council leadership of DaimlerChrysler's plants in Germany and Brazil who took a stand against the intimidating threats of DaimlerChrysler to transfer production to other plants. We were encouraged by their message that they would resist any eventual transfer of production."
However, some employers are resisting the settlement. "Toyota workers who went back on Monday, August 27, 2001, have resumed the strike today, August 29, 2001, when Toyota informed them that they will not grant them the 9 per cent."
Numsa expects other plants to resume the strike if they are not satisfied with the progress of the negotiations.
"The employers learned that they have to reckon with workers who are organised at international level," says Numsa. "We salute the trade union members and works council leadership of DaimlerChrysler's plants in Germany and Brazil who took a stand against the intimidating threats of DaimlerChrysler to transfer production to other plants. We were encouraged by their message that they would resist any eventual transfer of production."
However, some employers are resisting the settlement. "Toyota workers who went back on Monday, August 27, 2001, have resumed the strike today, August 29, 2001, when Toyota informed them that they will not grant them the 9 per cent."
Numsa expects other plants to resume the strike if they are not satisfied with the progress of the negotiations.