Employee strike have temporarily stopped BMW South Africa cars production. South African autoworkers are seeking wage increases more than triple the inflation rate.
The powerful National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa, which represents 31,000 autoworkers, said it had rejected employers offer of a 7 percent increase in the first year and a raise equal to consumer price inflation in the remaining two years.
The union is demanding a 15 percent wage increase, well above inflation, which was at 4.2 percent in July... |