12 November 2014
The South African Transport
and Allied Workers Union has embarked on a nationwide strike against
Freshmark.
This is the trucking company
that is owned by Shoprite/Checkeers.
The strike has to do with
dispute over wage increase and the refusal of the employer to return to the
centralized bargaining process.
SATAWU Spokesperson Vincent
Masoga said currently the employer offers a ridiculous 8.5% that they have
imposed to the Checkers employees.
Masoga said SATAWU flatly
refuses Freshmark’s offer and demands a 15% increase on the table and that they
must be part of the centralized bargaining process.
Masoga said the employer must
also renege from diving workers by offering the non-unionized workers a
double-digit offer in exclusion of other workers.
“We view this as union bashing
and it must be dealt with harshly Masoga added.
No comments:
Post a Comment