Numsa takes stock
From November 28 – 30, 2012, Numsa representatives from all regions gathered in Johannesburg to start preparing for the bargaining round in 2013.
Purpose and objectives of the pre-bargaining conference:
1. To assess the state of implementation of the collective bargaining agreements scheduled to be renegotiated in 2013.
2. To assess and analyse bargaining trends and settlements in our economy.
3. To assess the economic position of the sectors and national house agreement companies scheduled to renegotiate collective bargaining agreements, and to compare with international trends.
4. To assess the state of our economy, its global position and the economic policy environment, both macro and micro economic policies including key economic indicators (e.g. inequality, poverty, quantity and quality of employment and unemployment, exchange and interest rates, wage and profit levels, inflation, etc.).
5. To assess the state (e.g. strengths and weaknesses) of the union in the sectors and national house agreement companies scheduled to renegotiate collective bargaining agreements.
6. To reflect on our approaches to collective bargaining as guided by the Organising, Campaigning and Collective Bargaining (OCCB) Strategy, adopted by the 9th Numsa National Congress, Durban, June 2012.
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