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Daily Dispatch reports that Johnson & Johnson, one of the biggest manufacturers of medical devices, pharmaceutical and consumer products in SA, will be retrenching 114 workers from the end of this month.
It emerged on Monday that the East London-based company has resorted to shutting down three production lines – baby shampoo, baby powder and aqueous creams – to stay afloat. The company currently employs 53 permanent workers and approximately 1,200 contractors. The 114 affected workers belong to the Chemical, Energy, Paper, Printing, Wood and Allied Workers’ Union (Ceppwawu). They were employed through labour broking company Manpower. The average length of service among the workers ranges from eight to 12 years and they will apparently be entitled to about three weeks’ pay for each year of service. In an impassioned plea to Manpower and Johnson & Johnson, Ceppwawu’s Mzwandile Mpofu proposed consideration of a number of alternative measures, but these have been turned down as being not viable. A Johnson & Johnson spokeswoman said consultation with workers regarding retrenchment began as early as last year.
- Read this report by Zwanga Mukhuthu in full in Daily Dispatch of 16 May 2017
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