Concern for CCMA workers on receiving end of budget cuts By Sisonke Mlamla Share Cape Town - Workers and trade unions are disappointed over the increased caseload at the Commission for Conciliation Mediation and Arbitration (CCMA) after news that part-time commissioners are no longer resolving disputes. Casual Workers Advice Office (CWAO) organiser, Edgar Matome said that was a massive attack on workers in particular the unorganised, who were not members of trade unions or other organisations. Matome said the backlogs benefit the bosses “because they would rely on the delay in cases to dismiss and intimidate workers knowing it would take years to resolve the dispute”.