South Africa: SAB faces full-blown strike

29 December, 2009 in Africa

source: Fin24
Dec 28 2009 10:03

Johannesburg – Members of the Food and Allied Workers’ Union (Fawu) on Monday resolved to intensify the strike at SAB Soft Drinks division trading as ABI Coke.

This followed failure to reach agreement during the negotiations facilitated by the Commission for Conciliation, Mediation and Arbitration on December 24.

Fawu said in a statement that the company was “not prepared to concede to the union’s demand for 9.5% wage increment and to place a moratorium on the use of labour brokers through a programme of owner-driver scheme.”

“The union could not accept a company offer of changing shift patterns to fall within weekdays and pay overtime on Saturday on condition that we agree to their 7.8% wage offer and accept the use of labour brokers,” it said.

The union and shop stewards are consulting workers at SAB’s beer division and other subsidiaries such as Valpre Water and Appletiser to be ready to wage a sympathy strike, Fawu added. This will result in [continue reading]