Striking Clover workers flocked the main entrance at the head office. Clad in their red union T-shirts, they picketed and sang while heavily armed security guards manned the gates and police vans parked on the side of the road
The Food and Allied Workers Union and Giwusa embarked on a strike against the dairy giant on November 22 last year over austerity measures that would see Clover employ fewer workers who would be required to work longer hours for less money.
“How do you put food on your table when Clover is bought over by an Israeli company that then comes into our country and retrenches workers, closes factories and, instead of buying milk from our farmers, they are importing milk from occupied territories in Palestine?” asked Rajah.We will always be where there is a fight by the workers for a living wage. Millions of people are unemployed. We as the working class can’t keep up. We are being squeezed from all sides.
Clover group manager legal and secretarial Steven Velthuysen said the negotiations between Clover and unions were far from being settled. The company participated in four meetings initiated by Employment and Labour Minister Thulas Nxesi over the past two weeks.Unfortunately, the meetings ended in another stalemate. We again reiterate our previous calls that the union leadership showed no bona fide intent to settle this current wage dispute.
“Despite a liberal labour legislative regimen and active and vibrant trade unionism, workers still face many challenges. A typical example that demonstrates how far we are as a country in our efforts to address workers’ social, economic and political challenges is how workers – particularly those at malls – are expected to spend their lunch breaks under trees.”
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