BusinessLive reports that workers and executives from the poultry industry will head back to the Pretoria offices of the European Commission (EU) on Wednesday to protest against the destruction of the local industry.  

Following a similar demonstration in December, 1,000 workers, managers and shareholders are expected to march again on the EU’s offices to protest against the thousands of jobs being lost, they say, due to dumping of chicken portions from the EU.  "We’re holding them responsible for the loss of the 1,350 jobs axed by Rainbow last week," said one prospective protester.  The march will be under the banner of the Food and Allied Workers Union (Fawu), but management representatives from the four major poultry companies — Rainbow, Astral, Country Bird and Sovereign Foods — are expected to participate.

• Read this report by Ann Crotty in full at BusinessLive
• See too, SA's poultry industry on the verge of collapse, at eNCA

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