Labour union-NUMSA lose another court case... The Labour Court in Johannesburg has ruled in favour of the National Employers Association of South Africa (NEASA) in preventing the extension of the metals industry wage agreement, to non-signatories. The interim relief comes after Neasa lodged an urgent application with the court. it wanted the court to prevent the Metal and Engineering Industries Bargaining Council, from asking the labour minister to extend the July wage agreement, between the employer body- Steel and Engineering Industries Federation of SA and NUMSA, to those who were not party to that agreement. Numsa's general secretary Irvin Jim.