Cost Pressures Increased Sharply &Nbsp; South China New Fort Chinese Garment Factory Laid Off.

According to the African times, South Africa AlexLiu, chairman of the Chinese Chamber of Commerce in Xinbao City, natal, introduced that the Chinese government required factories to reach the minimum wage standard in South Africa. Garment making The factory has begun to cope with layoffs. Cost pressure 。

Liu said he was not sure how many factories were laying off, but confirmed that his own company Simunye would be closed, and the number of employees would be reduced after re opening. "We will carry out institutional restructuring, during which everyone will be dismissed. The company will only employ skilled workers, who will take up the original position. company The majority of employees. " According to his estimate, 100 to 120 of the 160 existing workers will be re employed.

The clothing company of Xinbao city has a total of about 8000 employees. According to regulations, starting from the end of March, the minimum wage of workers will reach 336 Rand, and by the end of this year, it must rise to 465 Rand. In April next year, the wage standard will reach 516 Rand a week. Liu said that most of the factories could not cope with the increase in their salaries due to the fact that garment retailers did not raise the price of orders.

WaynevanderRheede, deputy general secretary of the trade union of Southern African clothing and textile workers (SACTWU), said no notice of layoffs had been received from any factory.

Recently, in order to supervise the implementation of wage standards, the Negotiating Committee began inspecting 416 factories that failed to meet the standards. According to LeonDeetlefs, which is responsible for the inspection work of the committee, 19 investigators visited 47 factories in April, and 61% of the manufacturers failed to meet the standards. Deetlefs said it had issued an enforcement warrant to a violating enterprise. Closing these factories will take about a week.

AMSA, a joint organization of South African clothing manufacturers, has introduced a new wage model, hoping to establish an intermediate buffer zone between the standard and non qualified enterprises. AMSA's 250 members have about 57 thousand employees, accounting for 70% of the total workforce in the industry. According to AMSA's proposal, the average wage in the rural areas can be set at 220 Rand a week, and the workers in the urban area can get 300 RAND / week; the skilled seamen in the rural areas can get 250 Rand every week, and the workers in the urban area are 350 Rand a week; besides, the skilled sewing workers in the rural areas can earn 280 RAND / week, and their counterparts in the urban area can receive 450 Rand every week. However, the union rejected the motion, saying it would bring wage standards back to the level of 1986.