Sunday Tribune reports that while some Clover employees started receiving their annual bonuses after a recent legal victory against the dairy manufacturer, the unions representing workers have expressed disappointment with some of the payouts.
Mametlwe Sebei of the General Industrial Workers Union of SA (Giwusa) said they were angered by some of the payouts, one of which was as little as R59,52. The 13th cheque payments were due for payout on Friday, as per a ruling made by the CCMA earlier in the week. Cynthia Joyce of the Food and Allied Workers Union (Fawu) said they would be taking Clover back to the CCMA following the inadequate payout amounts. He complained that ever since Clover merged with Milco (an Israeli company, in 2019), it has disregarded SA law and regulatory authorities, including the terms and conditions of the merger, and now, the ruling of the CCMA regarding employee bonuses. Clover has been plagued by nearly two months of strike action. Workers across the country downed tools over the company’s recent restructuring, wage cuts and retrenchments. “Clover failed its employees by not abiding by the merger conditions. One of which was to create about 500 jobs. Instead, 2,000 workers have lost their jobs,” claimed Sebei. According to Sebei, the unions and other stakeholders met with the Deputy Director-General: Corporate Management in the office of the President, on Thursday. “We agreed that within seven days, the government will ask the relevant ministries to intervene in the Clover situation, and organise a table meeting of all parties, including Clover management, to discuss the way forward,” said Sebei.
- Read the full original of the report in the above regard by Sinenhlanhla Zungu at Sunday Tribune
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