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S. Africa Auto Firms Bracing for Tariffs Face Pay Test
A worker on the production line at the Toyota Motor manufacturing plant in Durban, South Africa.
Photographer: Waldo Swiegers/BloombergA potential deadlock over pay increases for South Africa’s automotive sector workers poses a risk to an industry that accounts for more than a fifth of the nation’s manufacturing output, weighing on an already moribund economy.
The National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa, the country’s largest labor group, has demanded employers in the motor industry, which includes component manufacturers and auto retailers, give workers 10% raises ahead of talks that will agree wages for the next three years.