FAWU members in Germiston in Johannesburg are engaged in
industrial action at Broadway Sweets in demand of a providend fund, annual
bonus and the implementation of job grading. In addition , our members totally
reject the company’s unilateral and unauthorised deductions of a so-called COVID
loan. The strike started May 24, 2022.
FAWU is outraged at the employer’s
refusal to meet with us to discuss organisational rights at the company. We
have learnt that employees who are not affiliated to the union have been threatened
with disciplinary procedures if they dared to join the strike. Our members have
had it with this company’s intransigence by paying members far less than they
deserve. These employees are earning R10 per night shift (R50 p/week) which is
outrageous in the current economic environment in the country. The employer
does not provide transport and our members have to fork out R 250 per week
which is simply unsustainable.
Management at Broadway Sweets has shown that they have zero interest in the welfare
of his employees as the employer arrogantly claims that he is
simply “recovering” wages
he has paid them during the first lockdown in 2020 when they were not on duty.
FAWU plans to engage the Department of Labour regarding the unauthorised
deductions of our members.
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