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Labour Relations Act, 1995 (Act No. 66 of 1995)

Notices

Bargaining Council for the Furniture Manufacturing Industry

South Western Districts

Extension to Non-parties of the Main Collective Amending Agreement

Part 1

1. Scope of Application of Agreement

 

(1) The terms of this Agreement shall be observed

 

(1.1) by employers and employees in the Furniture Manufacturing Industry as defined in Paragraph A, hereof in the Magisterial Districts of George, Knysna, Oudtshoorn and Mossel Bay

 

Paragraph A

 

"Furniture, Bedding, Upholstery and Curtain Manufacturing industry"

or "Industry" means, without in any way limiting the ordinary meaning of the expression, the industry in which employers and their employees are associated for the manufacture, either in whole or in part, of all types of components of furniture, furniture, bedding, curtains, blinds, upholstery and/or re-upholstery and will, inter alia, include but not be limited to the following:

 

(a) Furniture

Manufacturing, assembling, repairing, staining, spraying, polishing, re-polishing, wood machining, veneering, woodturning, carving, assembling, painting, spraying, cutting, edging, drilling, wood bending, laminating and/or papering/foiling, of board.

 

"Board"

means any type of wood or wooden or related product or any other substitute material, amongst others being: laminated board, fibre board, chip board, block board, veneer board, pressed board.

 

Furniture manufacturing will also include the manufacturing, repairing, polishing, assembling, cutting, drilling, edging, re- polishing, staining, spraying either in whole or in part of: pianos, organs, kitchen cupboards, attached wall cupboards, built-in cupboards, free standing cupboards, bars or built-in bar counters, cane, wicker or grass furniture, cabinets including cabinets for musical instruments and radios, wireless, or television cabinets, coffins; beehives, educational novelties, draw and draw fronts, doors and cupboard doors irrespective of size, bathroom cupboards; cupboard tops, and furniture for tea-rooms, restaurants, offices, churches, schools, libraries, hotels, other educational institutions, conference centres and theatres.

 

(b) Bedding

The manufacturing, assembling, repairing, covering, re-covering of: mattress bases, mattresses, box-spring mattresses, foam mattresses, spring mattresses, overlays, bolsters, pillows, cushions for studio couches, spring units, sleeper couches and studio couches.

 

"Studio Couch"

means an article of furniture, which is designed for seating and for conversion into a double bed or two or more beds and of which the frames may also be constructed mainly of metal and the seating and/or sleeping surfaces consist of mattresses and /or cushions.

 

(c) Upholstery

The upholstering or re-upholstering of any furniture, or item of furniture, bedding, seating, pelmets, mattress bases, foam mattresses and/or cushions and the making of loose covers and/or cushions.

 

(d) Curtain making

The making, altering, repairing and hanging of curtains and/or blinds made mainly of fabric, wood, cane, wicker, reed or grass.

 

Curtain making includes window treatment, cutting of rails and rods, fitting of pelmets, curtains, blinds and associated products.

 

(2) Notwithstanding the provisions of subclause (9), the terms of this Agreement shall apply—
(a) to employees in the Furniture Manufacturing Industry whose wages are prescribed in this Agreement and to all the employers of such employees; and
(b) to Learners in so far as the provisions are not inconsistent with the provisions on the Skills Development Act, No. 97 of 1998, or any contract entered into or any condition fixed thereunder.

 

 


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