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The Citizen reports that outsourced contract workers at the University of Technology (TUT) have threatened to shut the institution down on Monday unless management agrees to make them permanent employees.
They include security guards, cleaners and catering staff and have been on strike since Wednesday. They have vowed to prevent the varsity from operating normally until their demand has been met. Last year, TUT signed an insourcing of services agreement with unions Nehawu and Nteu, the TUT Central Student Representative Council (CSRC) and elected representatives of the TUT contact workers. The agreement has since collapsed. In a meeting on Friday, management promised to add two months to the contracts of two security service providers before their contracts were terminated. The strikers refused to go back to work on Monday without written agreements between themselves and the institution.
- Read this report by Nhlawulo Chauke in full at The Citizen
- See too, Management says activities to resume at TUT on Monday, at eNCA
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