Johannesburg - The Southern Africa Clothing and Textile Workers’ Union (Sactwu) has settled its wage negotiations in the woven cotton textile sector for this year.
The 8.25 percent package settlement increase would be retrospectively effective from July 1, said Sactwu general secretary Andre Kriel.
“This above inflation settlement is a major step forward in Sactwu’s 2016 Living Wage Campaign,” he said on Friday.
The agreement was reached under the auspices of the National Textile Bargaining Council (NTBC).
Employers were represented by the SA Cotton and Textile Processing Employers’ Association.
About 4630 workers employed in 70 woven cotton textile factories nationally will benefit from the two-year agreement.
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It covers sectoral determinations, retirement fund contributions, and bargaining council levies.
Kriel said the deal would now be submitted to Labour Minister Mildred Oliphant to gazette it and extend it to cover all non-unionised employers in the sector.
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