South Africa’s Metalworkers union plans to picket outside the offices of SA Steel Mills

South Africa’s Metalworkers union, Numsa,  will be picketing outside the offices of SA Steel Mills, trading as Alfeco Holdings, in Meyerton, Gauteng today. This comes after the steel producer fired 165 workers for participating in what the Labour Court ruled was a lawful strike. Numsa’s spokesperson, Phakamile Hlubi-Majola, says the company has been attacking workers’ constitutional right to strike: