SEIFSA – Wage Negotiations Update

Industry Wage and Employment Negotiations Successfully Concluded On Thursday, 21 October 2021, SEIFSA on behalf of the affiliated Employer Associations signed an agreement with NUMSA ending a three week strike. This, after the deal had already been signed with Solidarity and UASA. MEWUSA and SAEWA signed the deal on 22 October 2021, thereby ensuring a…

LATEST EMPLOYMENT NUMBERS REFLECT A TURBULENT PATH TO ECONOMIC RECOVERY – SEIFSA

The Quarterly Employment Statistics (QES) data released today by Statistics South Africa (StatsSA) reflect South Africa’s turbulent path to economic recovery amid the deepening negative impact of COVID-19 restrictions on the economy, the Steel and Engineering Industries Federation of Southern African(SEIFSA) said today. According to StatsSA, total employment rate decreased by 0.1% quarter on quarter…