Numsa striking over organisational rights at Lesedi Aluminium in the Free State [SOUND]

# The National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa members working at the Lesedi Aluminium/Big Cookware in Thaba Nchu, Free State, have embarked on an indefinite strike action. This comes after the union deadlocked with the employer over organisational rights in the workplace. Numsa’s spokesperson, Phakamile Hlubi-Majola, says its core demand is that Lesedi Aluminium must recognise the union and grant it organisational rights, so that it can do the work of defending workers in the company: