Labour Court rules in favour of Mister Sweet strikers
Labour Court judge rejected Mister Sweet application to interdict striking workers and dismissed it without costs.
Labour Court judge rejected Mister Sweet application to interdict striking workers and dismissed it without costs.
Heineken workers say they are earning less now than what they earned under the previous owners of the brewery 3 years ago.
Police officers prevented all marches that were going to the SONA venue on Thursday.
The dairy foods company is undergoing restructuring by it’s new owners, the Israeli-led consortium Milco, which has culled 2,000 jobs with 1,500 more under threat.
Workers with more than 10 years of service at the dairy foods company paint it as exploitative and ruthless.
The acrimonious wage dispute was settled with a 4% increment with Nestlé.
The global foods corporation is accused by the union of racism and unfair labour practices across all its operations in the country.
While their labour is deemed essential under the Covid-19 emergency, farmworkers are not considered important enough to be provided with safe transport.
Former SAB workers have vowed to continue with their struggle to get monies owed to them.
A strike of over 100 days by Blue Ribbon workers at the Salt River Plant came to an end after the workers and the employer agreed on an 8% salary increase
The strike by workers at the Blue Ribbon plant in Salt River, Cape Town, has entered into its third month without a prospect of its ending any time soon.
Blue Ribbon workers have been on strike for over seven weeks with an agreement with the employer still a distant prospect.