C Stores :: Retail Works

(Government Gazette 27007 dated 26 November 2004, effective 6th December 2004)
Main Agreement as it affects Service Stations
Parties to the Main Agreement:
.... Fuel Retailers Association (FRA) & Retail Motor Industry Organisation (RMI)
.... National Union of Metalworkers of SA (NUMSA)
.... Motor Industry Staff Association & SA Motor Union (MISA/SAMU)
Outline of Main Agreement Structure.
Division A. - Covers all establishments in the industry – definitions and various provisions
Division B. - Provisions relating to office, stores, sales and clerical employees.
Division C. - Has several chapters relating to different types of Motor Industry businesses
Chapter 1 - Covers service stations.
Division D. - Covers provisions relating to several sectors. A transitional arrangement for the
development of a new bargaining model, may be deleted in future if parties do not reach consensus.
Essentially about guaranteed increases (Rand and Cents) unlike Chapter III Manufacturing Establishments
where increases are set by a %.
Sector 5 - Covers "fuel dealers, service stations and related establishments"
Sector 6 - Covers new and used vehicle sales establishments that also have a forecourt. The wages
of these forecourt staff may differ from those of the stand-alone service station (Example: see Chars and
"Other Areas" wage rates as per wage tables)
The framework above will help the navigation. Now for some detail, drawing from the different Divisions,Chapters, Sectors and Clauses as they affect the typical service station operator.