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CHAPTER 1
1. SCOPE OF APPLICATION
1.1 The terms of this Agreement shall be observed by employers and employees in the
Furniture, Bedding and Upholstery Manufacturing Industry as defined hereunder in the
Provinces of Gauteng, North West, Mpumalanga, Limpopo and Free State.
“Furniture, Bedding and Upholstery 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 as a complete unit or in part as a component or components, of all
types of furniture and bedding as well as upholstery and /or re-upholstery and will,
inter alia include the following:
1. Furniture
Repairing, staining, spraying, polishing, re-polishing, making loose covers
and/or cushions, wood machining, veneering, woodturning, carving,
assembling, painting, wood bending and laminating. Furniture manufacturing
will also include the manufacturing, installation, repairing, polishing, re-
polishing, staining, spraying of pianos, organs, movable room/office partitions,
kitchen cupboards, kitchen cupboard tops, kitchen cupboard components
(irrespective of materials used), attached wall cupboards, built-in cupboards,
built-in cupboard components, free standing bars or built-in bar counters,
cane, wicker or grass furniture, cabinets including cabinets for musical
instruments and radios, wireless or television cabinets, bathroom cupboards,
any other cupboard tops and furniture for tea-rooms, restaurants, offices,
churches, schools, libraries, other educational institutions, conference centres,
theatres, shop fitting, office fitting and bank fitting, which includes the
manufacture and/or fixing of shop fronts, window enclosures, showcases,
counters, including point of sales counters, screens, interior fittings and
fixtures and any form of shelving, irrespective of the materials used.
2. Bedding
The manufacturing, repairing, covering, re-covering of mattress bases,
mattresses, spring mattresses, overlays, bolsters, pillows, cushions for studio
couches, spring units, box-spring mattresses and studio couches, but