Workers down tools at Coega

[MickeyD]

HUNDREDS of workers downed tools yesterday at the largest construction site at Coega to date. The R3.5-billion Dedisa Peaking Power plant, a 335MW open-cycle gas turbine power plant in the Coega industrial development zone, is being constructed by Group Five, which employs more than 1 100 people on site.

Only days after returning to work on Monday, about 700 workers, affiliated to the National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa, started with what they called a peaceful strike over labour grievances.

Although Group Five human resources senior manager Waylon van Wyk did not want to comment on the matter yesterday, in a letter given to employees he said the strike was unlawful and that a policy of no work, no pay would apply.

The letter stated that if employees did not return to work by midday, they could face disciplinary action and even dismissal.

- Cindy Preller
http://www.heraldlive.co.za/workers-tools-coega/

 

[MrR]

Probably too hung over from the holidays and looking for reasons not to work.

 

[Kloofvreter]

Idiots.

 

[daveza]

Fire the lot of them - plenty of people looking for jobs.

 

[thestaggy]

F*** NUMSA and their brain-dead members.

 

[The_Unbeliever]

Fire the lot of them - plenty of people looking for jobs.

This.

 

[Hemps]

Peaceful but in that pic there people holding pipes.

 

[Lino]

Ffs

 

[Hemi300c]

I have nothing to say that won't get me banned.

 

[Vrotappel]

Just fire them.

 

[Davush]

Just fire them.

+1

South Africa has no more to give.. She's already been squeezed dry.

 

[_Jakes_]

Numsa through their strikes at key construction projects are now directly sabotaging this country. Numsa and other unions have caused months of delays at Medupi and Kusile and are a key contributor to the current load shedding.

 

[atomcrusher]

Surely SA must now be the most unproductive nation on this earth?

 

[diesel]

This will only end once we take power away from the unions and to do that employers need to start sacking the useless strikers. In the UK we were required to get a CIS card before we could work in construction , this CIS card basicaly made you a contractor to your employer so if you did not like it you were free to go find another job and the employer could not be held ransom. something like this is needed here.

 

[Hectic]

Surely SA must now be the most unproductive nation on this earth?

If not, I don't want to see how it goes in the countries that might beat them.

 

[zizo911]

Despicable!

 

[Davush]

This will only end once we take power away from the unions and to do that employers need to start sacking the useless strikers. In the UK we were required to get a CIS card before we could work in construction , this CIS card basicaly made you a contractor to your employer so if you did not like it you were free to go find another job and the employer could not be held ransom. something like this is needed here.

Yeah. There needs to be something.

I always thought the union should be held directly responsible for any damage incurred during a "peaceful" strike/protest. So when a peaceful strike turns to burning post office trucks, ruining roads and throwing people's mail into the streets those that organised it should get disciplined.

I think that's fair? If you want to organise a strike then you must also organise the people involved. If you can't control your mob then don't set them in motion.

Then the unions will rethink their strategy and maybe think twice before needless, country crippling, strikes.

What do you guys think?