7% increase settles SACTWU Non-Woven textile sector wage dispute

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The Southern African Clothing and Textile Workers’ Union (SACTWU) this week, settled its wage dispute in the Non-Woven textile sector.

This follows on a series of other recent settlements which the trade union has successfully achieved, and reported on.

SACTWU declared a formal wage dispute for the Non-Woven textile sector, last month June 17.

Negotiations in this sector started on April 21 and when no settlement could be reached after 3 formal rounds of wage talks, the union declared the dispute.

Settlement was reached on July 15, and the final agreement was eventually signed last week Thursday.

These new wage increases for SACTWU’s Non-Woven textile sector members will be backdated to 1 July 2022, which is the normal implementation date.

Moreover, this new collective agreement for the Non-Woven textile sector is a two-year agreement, effective from July 1, 2022 to June 30, 2024.

It provides for wage increases of 7% during the first year of the collective agreement, and the same rand amount for the second year.

Furthermore, this new collective agreement was successfully concluded under the dispute processes and procedures of the National Textile Bargaining Council (NTBC), with employers represented by the National Textile Manufacturers’ Association (NTMA).

In addition to the wage increases, this new Non-Woven textile sector agreement also provides for the following improvements, amongst other:

• Abolishment of new entry level wage provisions;

• An increase in the long service allowance;

• A compulsory requirement that annual bonuses are payable no later than at least one week before Christmas day;

• Abolishment of the restriction that no annual bonus is applicable if an employee leaves employment before one November, and replaced with a provision that such employees will earn a pro-rata annual bonus;

• An increase in the annual bonus by one extra paid day. Essentially, this now signed new collective agreement for the Non-Woven textile sector will be submitted to the minister of employment and labour, with a request for its gazettal and extension to non-party employers.

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