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Fin24 reports that Workers at RCL Foods’ Pieman’s brand announced on Thursday that they were embarking on a strike over their current wages. The SA Industrial Commercial and Allied Workers Union (Saicwu), an affiliate of the SA Federation of Trade Unions (Saftu), announced the industrial action on Wednesday.
Saicwu president Simon Munyai said workers have kept productivity at high levels at Pieman's, with more than 500,000 pies baked daily, but claimed the employer had no interest in negotiating better wages for workers despite labour revising their demands downwards. "Saicwu declared a dispute after the employer demonstrated that they are not willing to negotiate wages, which is R30 hourly rate from the genuine demand of R50 per hour on top of the current rate, benefits, and working conditions of the workers in good faith," said Munyai. Over 500 workers belonging to the union are reportedly already demonstrating. RCL Foods said that it had had multiple negotiations with Saicwu and deliberations at the CCMA, but an agreement on annual wage increases had not been able to be reached. Noting that the union's current demand equated to a 36% average increase over three years, RCL said it remained committed “to ongoing engagement with our employees to reach a wage deal that will strike a balance between the interests of all of our stakeholders, including consumers and employees."
- Read the full original of the report in the above regard by Khulekani Magubane at Fin24
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