The NUM is strongly opposed to the retrenchment of 47 workers at WBHO
NUM Press Statement, 19 November 2017
The National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) members employed by Wilson Bailey Homes and Ovcon (WBHO) in Kwazulu-Natal are determined to stop the employer in its attempt to casualize the Civil Engineering Industry.
NUM and WBHO have been in Section 189A consultation meetings since 02 October 2017 where the employer is insisting that they want to restructure the company into a construction management entity which will be tendering for jobs and give them to subcontractors at low rates than provided by the Bargaining Council for Civil Engineering Industry (BCCEI).
The NUM is strongly opposed to the retrenchment of 47 NUM members by WBHO in Kwazulu-Natal. The company issued Section 189 of the Labour Relations Act to initially retrench 58 workers but after consultations with the NUM, the number was brought down to 47.
NUM will not allow the company to do down variation on the employment standards in the industry and we will defend our gains until the last drop of our blood. We also call upon the Bargaining Council to intervene otherwise there will be blood on the floor.
If they serve us letters of dismissal, that will be a declaration of war and we want to tell them now that we will be equal to the task.
For more information, please contact:
Mzi Zakwe: NUM Kwazulu-Natal Regional Regional Secretary: 083 417 1369
Bhekani Ngcobo: NUM Kwazulu-Natal Regional Coordinator: 071 670 6349.
