A possible strike in the clothing industry
Lusanda Bill
21
June 2012
The third round of wage negotiations in the
clothing industry reached a deadlock on Wednesday.
The Southern African Clothing and Textiles
Workers Union General Secretary Andre Kriel today said there is a possibility
that 60 000 clothing workers nationally could embark on a strike.
Wage negotiations started on the 18 of
April 2012 until the 20th
of June 2012 .
Kriel empathised that clothing workers are
the lowest paid workers in the whole of the manufacturing industry in South Africa
The way forward now is that SACTWU has
referred the matter to the clothing industry bargaining council. The bargaining council has 30 days to set up
a Conciliation meeting. From there if
the Conciliation meeting fails then SACTWU will conduct a secret ballot among
its members for a strike action.
Andre Kriel said “Strike action is not our
first choice. But we cannot accept
further cuts in the already low wages of clothing industry workers”.
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