Isipesheli se-NBC Ingqungquthela Kazwelonke Yezingxoxo Zokuvumelana (National Bargaining Conference (NBC)) zeNumsa zaba ngo-Ephreli 24-26. Ababhali beNumsa babekhona bezorekhoda lesi sigameko kanti emakhasini ayisi-8 alandelayo siyakuzwisa nje ingqqungquthela – izinkulumompikiswano, izinkulumo kanye nezinqumo zokugcina/izimfuno okuvunyelwene ngazo. Izingxoxo zokuvumelana kahle hle zizoqala ngoMeyi. Uma ufuna ukwenza ukuthi indikimba yeNumsa yakulo nyaka ibe yiqiniso, kuzodingeka ukuthi uhlanganyele ngokukhuthala kuyo yonke indawo. Kufanele ubuze igosa lakho ukuthi kwenzekani. Buka futhi ulalele izindaba ukuze uthole nanoma yiziphi izindaba ezintsha. Kufanele wazi futhi ukuthi inkampani yakho ingena ngaphansi kwayiphi ingxenye ukuze ukwazi ukulandela izingxoxo ezisondelene kakhulu nawe.
NBC specialNumsa’s National Bargaining Conference (NBC) took place from April 24-26.
Numsa writers were there to record the event and in the next 8 pages we will give you a taste of the conference – the debates, the speeches and the final decisions/ demands agreed on.
Bargaining will start in earnest from May. If you want to make Numsa’s theme for this year a reality, it will require your active participation all along the way. Find out from your shop stewards what is happening. Watch and listen to the media for any updates.
And make sure you know which sector your company belongs to so you can follow the negotiations that are closest to your pocket.
Spesiale nuus: Nasionale BedingingsraadDie Konferensie van Numsa se Nasionale Bedingingsraad het van 24 tot 26 April plaasgevind. Skrywers van Numsa was daar om die gebeure op te teken, en ons gee jou oor die volgende 8 bladsye “˜n kykie op die konferensie – die debatte, die toesprake en die finale besluite / eise waarop ooreengekom is. Bedinging sal vanaf Meimaand in alle erns begin. As jy wil sorg dat Numsa se tema vir hierdie jaar werklikheid word, sal dit regdeur jou aktiewe deelname vereis. Vind by jou vloerbeampte uit wat aangaan. Kyk in die media uit vir die jongste nuus. En maak seker jy weet aan watter sektor jou maatskappy behoort, sodat jy die onderhandelings kan volg wat jou sak die meeste raak.
How to find out what sector your workplace belongs toAsk your shop steward. If s/he doesn’t know, then read these clues:
If you work for any of the big auto manufacturing employers (VWSA, DCSA, Toyota, Nissan, BMW, Ford, GM) you belong in auto.
If your company makes components for cars you could be in the engineering or motor sector. Look on the walls of the office of your employer. If you see Retail Motor Industry (RMI) you belong to the motor sector. If you see the Steel Engineering Industries Federation of SA (Seifsa) you belong to the engineering sector.
NBC specialKhonferense ya Naha ya Ditherisano tse Kopanetsweng ya Numsa (National Bargaining Conference – NBC) e ne e tshwerwe ho tloha ka la 24- 26 Mmesa. Bangodi ba Numsa ba ne ba le moo ho ngola fatshe diketsahalo mme maqepheng a 8 a tlang re ho qotsetsa hanyenyane tse etsahetseng khonferenseng eo – dingangisano, ho tshetlehelwa puo le diqeto/ditseko tsa makgaola kgang tseo ho dumellanweng ka tsona. Ditherisano tse kopanetsweng di tla qala hantle ho tloha ka Motsheanong. Haebe o batla ho etsa mokotaba wa Numsa hore e be wa sebele selemong sena, hoo ho tla hloka seabo sa hao se mafolofolo mosebetsing ona ohle.Batlisisa ho tswa ho di-shopsteward tsa lona hore ho etsahalang. Sheba mme o mamele diphatlalatsi tsa ditaba ka eng kapa eng e etsahalang. Mme o etse bonnete ba hore o tseba mokga oo khampani ya hao e welang ho ona hore o tle o kgone ho latela ditherisano tse ho amang.
If you work in a panelbeating shop, for a garage/petrol station, sell motor spares you fall in the motor sector.
If your company works with metal and you make parts for the mining industry and other manufacturing enterprises you are probably in the engineering industry. Look for notices from Seifsa in your workplace.
If your company manufactures tyres, then you fall in to the tyre sector.
There are many workplaces that do not fall into any of these sectors. They negotiate at factory level. Check with your shop steward.
DAY ONENumsa is really a giant organisationMncedisi Phaphu
AS I was coming into the conference room I could not recognise the comrades that I know! It was like a school uniform red, black and yellow. The beautiful look cast my mind back to pre-1994 during the defiance campaigns where we used to hold rallies and marches throughout the country.
As usual the Eastern Cape regional secretary Irvin Jim led the house with a hot old revolutionary song “ilizwe lelethu”, just before the second vice president, Cedric Gina, outlined the programme.
As the house stood up to sing the national anthem again my mind was taken back to when the first South African black President was sworn into power at Freedom Square in Pretoria – Oh! What a day comrades. After the introduction of guests especially those from Nigeria, Swaziland, and Tanzania, he gave the platform over to the General Secretary Silumko Nondwangu and he spoke, he spoke and he spoke.
The crucial question we must all ask!Francois Quarrie
NUMSA’S NBC began on April 24. It aims to finalise the full set of demands for this year’s negotiations.In the face of an incoherent growth strategy and the challenge of high unemployment in SA, Numsa is concentrating on advancing worker demands through collective bargaining. The ghost of apartheid seems to have sown fear in the workplace. This is evident by the lack of implementation of gains made by Numsa in all sectors.
While greedy bosses continue threatening workers with retrenchments, dismissals and disciplinary action, labour brokers whip workers’ rights to shreds and workers frantically trample over one another in their battle to feed their families. Had it not been for the political astuteness of a workers’ organisation like Numsa, the ghost of apartheid’s past would certainly colonise the soul of workers and claim another generation of South Africans in poverty and confusion.
Numsa’s response to the challenge of ensuring a better life for all is captured in its 2007 theme: “Confronting the logic of capital through collective bargaining.”
The Numsa general secretary, Silumko Nondwangu’s open question to the conference “Can this round of bargaining confront the logic of capital?” was enough to engage the debate. Indeed, the same question is asked of all Numsa members: “Are we ready to confront the logic of capital in our workplaces?”