Solidarity's grain industry members set to strike
By Celeste Ganga
29 February 2008
Trade union Solidarity was issued with a strike certificate on Thursday after failed wage negotiations with the grain bargaining council. According to Solidarity’s Reint Dykema, the council was offering a wage increase from 6 to 7.5%, whilst the union was asking for a 9% increase.
“If one looks at the CPIX that is 8.8% at the moment, and the offer they (the council) are making is not better than the CPIX. So we had a mediator trying to get the parties together, but the end result was the mediator issuing a strike certificate,” says Dykema.
Dykema says no date has been set as yet for the strike. “We are going to take the strike certificate back to our members at the co-operatives - all over the country to inform them about the status of the matter. From there we will get a strike date and plan it in accordance.”
Solidarity represents 2000 members in the grain industry, mainly management and administrative staff.
29 February 2008
Trade union Solidarity was issued with a strike certificate on Thursday after failed wage negotiations with the grain bargaining council. According to Solidarity’s Reint Dykema, the council was offering a wage increase from 6 to 7.5%, whilst the union was asking for a 9% increase.
“If one looks at the CPIX that is 8.8% at the moment, and the offer they (the council) are making is not better than the CPIX. So we had a mediator trying to get the parties together, but the end result was the mediator issuing a strike certificate,” says Dykema.
Dykema says no date has been set as yet for the strike. “We are going to take the strike certificate back to our members at the co-operatives - all over the country to inform them about the status of the matter. From there we will get a strike date and plan it in accordance.”
Solidarity represents 2000 members in the grain industry, mainly management and administrative staff.
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