GroundUp reports that striking Robertson Winery workers have been without wages for a month, with negotiations with the company still deadlocked.  

Workers are calling for a minimum wage of R8,500 and the company is proposing a minimum wage of just over R4,425.  Karel Swart of the Commercial, Stevedoring, Agricultural and Allied Workers Union (CSAAWU) said workers were in a “difficult situation”, but the union had arranged food parcels for the workers in an attempt to tide them over.  CSAAWU believes that the winery is “more than capable to financially meet the workers’ demand”.  After a meeting on Monday, the winery aparently agreed to provide the union with its financial statements by 28 September.

• Read this report by Ashleigh Furlong in full at GroundUp

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