Johannesburg – Unions Solidarity and United Association of South Africa (UASA) are heading back to court in an effort to force Denel to comply with a judgement ordering them to pay outstanding salaries to their members.
The unions are preparing to file contempt of court papers after the state arms manufacture missed a deadline to pay by last Friday.
Last week, Denel was ordered by the Labour Court to pay the May, June and July salaries.
The arms company is facing more legal trouble as the state-owned entity has failed to adhere to a court judgement.
The two unions want to take the company to court for contempt.
More than 3,000 employees have not been fully paid their salaries.
According to UASA’s Frik van Straden they are tired of waiting.
“We’ve requested some information from Denel to enable us to quantify the claim we will proceed with contempt of order and obviously, the relief we want is that Denel adheres to the court order,” van Straden said.
The cash strapped state-owned company had asked for an extension to this Friday to try to raise millions owed to workers.
