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GroundUp reports that a two-month farm workers' strike by Oak Valley has been brought to an end.
A statement by the Commercial Stevedore Agricultural and Allied Worker’s Union (Csaawu) indicated that the farm workers have agreed to a reduced 6.5% increase, along with a R300 housing allowance, as well as a promise that hostels would be “transformed”. Striking workers had been demanding a minimum wage of R250 per day, an 8% increase, an end to labour brokering, and the end of single-sex hostels. The strike has been ongoing since early May. On several occasions workers blocked the N2 highway. A case has been initiated at the Equality Court in respect of the hostels, which according to Csaawu only houses “African black male workers” who are not allowed to have their families stay with them. “While we’ve accepted the lower wage offer, we are insisting that the company delink the housing allowance with any evictions on the farm. We have still to see whether they will actually transform the hostels or merely patch them up,” said Csaawu’s general secretary Trevor Christians.
- Read the original of the GroundUp report by Ashraf Hendricks at TimesLIVE
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