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The National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa (NUMSA) strike at the Road Accident Fund (RAF) on Thursday has been called-off.
This comes after the RAF was granted an interdict against the strike.
NUMSA communicated its intention to strike on Thursday, citing a list of grievances against the RAF and its Chief Executive Officer(CEO) Collins Letsoalo.
Amongst grievances levelled at Letsoalo includes mismanagement and restructuring the company, which the union said is without following the section 189 process thus will lead to massive job losses.
In a brief statement released on Wednesday night, RAF announced that it has been granted an interdict against the NUMSA strike by the Labour Court.
“The Road Accident Fund (RAF) has been granted an interdict against the NUMSA strike by the Labour Court. The strike is therefore unprotected and unlawful.
Exercising rights in unlawful strike
“The RAF will exercise its rights against anyone who participates in the unlawful strike,” the statement read.
NUMSA has since called on workers to observe the interdict.
“We do not want them to suffer victimization through disciplinary action and possible dismissal. We know most of our members are disappointed, however we urge them to comply with the order,” said Phakamile Hlubi-Majola, NUMSA National Spokesperson.
She stated that the union was notified after 21:00 on Wednesday that an interdict had been obtained.
Hlubi-Majola added; “We must stress that that the union was not properly served with papers and was denied the opportunity to state its case.
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“We will do whatever is necessary to fight back against RAF for attempting to undermine the constitutional right to strike.
“The interdict will not stop us from continuing to expose the rot at RAF and the gross mismanagement of the CEO Collins Letsoalo.”
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