Pick n Pay workers get ready for a nationwide strike on Friday

Lusanda Bill
25 October 2010

On Friday around about 27,000 Pick n Pay workers will be embarking on a nationwide strike.

The workers are demanding a R550 or a 12% monthly increase, and they also want the part time staff to be made permanent.

Deputy General Secretary of the South African Commercial, Catering and Allied Workers Union’s, SACCAWU said “On Friday, all members throughout the country will embark on an indefinite strike until the dispute is resolved. There will be nine marches directed to various operating units of the company”.

The Johannesburg region would set the tone on Thursday with a march to a new store opening in Vosloorus.

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