Numsa and Denel working to find a sustainable way to fund the 7% wage increase [SOUND]

# The National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa says a task team has been established following extensive negotiations with Denel management to find a sustainable way to fund the wage increases. Members of the union picketed outside the Denel headquarters in Centurion yesterday, demanding the implementation of a seven-percent wage increase. Numsa’s spokesperson, Phakamile Hlubi-Majola, says Denel has stated that it cannot afford to implement the wage increase because it would be unsustainable in the long term: