Contacted on Tuesday, Malele said he did not want to say much because the union had not signed anything yet.He added that an announcement would be made after a meeting between BMWU and BCL management that was scheduled for yesterday morning.Nevertheless, information reaching Mmegi is that BMWU has decided to accept the offer put forward by BCL after it informed the union that failure to meet production targets had resulted in an operating loss of P83.3 million for the 2012 financial year.
The decision was allegedly taken at a meeting attended by 900 union members at Selebi-Phikwe Town Hall on Monday evening.The issue was not even put to a vote because those present overwhelmingly called for acceptance of the BCL offer and signing an agreement to that effect. The company offered a differentiated increase of five percent across the board on basic salary for job grades P1 to P3 and four percent across the board for job grades 01 to AO3.The alleged acceptance of these offers comes after BMWU members' threatened to go on a legal strike following the collapse of negotiations.
