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BDLive reports that Sasol management was told on Thursday that the company’s former CEO should be jailed for receiving an annual salary of R47m when workers were earning peanuts.
This was said by Joseph Mathunjwa, president of the Association of Mineworkers and Construction Union (Amcu), who was referring to David Constable’s 2015 earnings. Sasol is now run by joint presidents and CEOs Bongani Nqwababa and Stephen Cornell. On Thursday about 1,500 Sasol workers who had travelled by bus from Sasol’s Secunda operations marched to the company’s head office in Rosebank, Johannesburg, to hand over a memorandum. Amcu members at Sasol downed tools last month after wage negotiations collapsed. Having rejected a 7% offer, workers are demanding a R12,500 salary adjustment across the board and a R3,500 adjustment for those who earn more than that, among other things. Sasol and the union’s regional leaders were set to meet on Friday.
- Read this report by Genevieve Quintal, which details Amcu’s demands, at BDLive
- See too, Amcu expected to meet with Sasol on Friday over salary dispute, at EWN
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