Metal Industry strike

[KIEOLAN]

METAL INDUSTRIES STRIKE

THIS WHOLE COUNTRY IS COMING TO A STAND STILL AND THE PRESIDENT IS SORTING OUT ISSUES IN LIBIYA

[adrianh]

...but we've got to make it worth his while (his time doesn't come cheap - consulting fees you know) to sort the problem out: Some cash, another Merc, maybe another wife...

[twinscythe12332]

It's funny. If the workers are unreasonable, the first thought is to go to machinery. But then the gov say you can't do that because then the workers suffer... It's not hard to see how business gets shafted over and over again.

[tec0]

I give it; it sounds ridicules but is it? The strikers always strike round about this time AND let’s not forget that with every strike an advance notice are given. Now remember critical personnel may not strike. Thus is maintenance being done at the power stations? Yes in most power stations is business as usual.

What of the steel plants? Well some sections of the steel plants are still accessible and maintenance is being done. So why the big conspiracy?

Targeted intimidation comes to mind. If there is no work and people strike who gives a damn? Who loses negotiations at the end of the month? Why did they lose?

But if you think that this is not happening then all I can say is, it is what it is…

And yes you can replace humans at almost every level of fabrication and administration but if you fire all the workers who will consume your consumables?

[IanF]

Ok so there is this big conspiracy who is pulling the strings and what are the aims/goals?

[johnwarner75]

Tell them if they want 8.5% extra (or whatever their likely to accept) then they need to be eight and a half percent more productive. It’s simple economics.

Why is it in SA that there are 4x as many people on every building site- and they all stand around holding a broom doing nothing... that only happens in Africa

[tec0]

Right let’s call it a conspiracy for now, Firstly the power stations cannot cope with the winter demand thus if the iron plants go down then the power stations can get maintenance going this is the first so call gain. The second gain is the steel plant owners get a generous payment for services not rendered by the power company thus they don’t complain they are making money AND they can do some maintenance or intimidate workers by closing their doors.

The third ting one must look at is employee intimidation. Anyone that knows steel plants know they get a lot of overtime and things like that. That said there basic is very low thus the reason for the strikes to begin with.

If there is no work there is no overtime, no overtime for a steel plant employee is serious because they will not be able to keep their heads above water for very long, thus undermining the union’s ability to negotiate.

Now it sounds so stupid that one would go “BS” but is it? If so why is it happening?

More importantly why the demand for more money? Fact everything is getting more expensive to the point where a working person can no longer afford a home, car and the basics. This is also fact.

Now who is behind all of this? I don’t have a 500% increase nor do my company earn over 8.9 billion in profit per year so I cannot answer this question. That said it is not impossible to imagine...who and why…

[wynn]

See what David Blood says (there are 5 seasons)

http://www.newstime.co.za/columnist/DavidBlood/3