ANA reports that the National Union of Metalworkers of SA (Numsa) on Tuesday pledged its full support for the protest action by members of the Food and Allied Workers Union (Fawu) against job losses in the poultry industry.  

This comes as Fawu on Tuesday staged mass protest action in the KwaZulu-Natal provincial legislature against the dumping of poultry products from the European Union (EU), arguing that about 1,250 workers had already been earmarked for retrenchments by one of the local poultry companies.  Fawu has already marched to the National Treasury and the EU Commission Embassy in Pretoria.  The union is also protesting against government plans to introduce a 1% tax on sugar-sweetened beverages from next year.  Numsa’s Irvin Jim said they fully supported Fawu’s call for parliament and all provincial legislatures to listen to the outcry for jobs to be defended.  Numsa urged its members to back the rolling mass action by joining Fawu’s protest marches.

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