GroundUp reports that SG Convenience truck drivers and general workers affiliated with the Dynamic Peoples’ Union of SA (DPYUSA) in Gauteng, Mpumalanga and KwaZulu-Natal downed tools last week.
The strike at the distribution company’s warehouses across the country commenced on Monday with the workers demanding a 15% increase, subsidised medical aid and better working conditions. On Friday, about 50 striking workers picketed outside the company’s warehouse in Glen Anil in the north of Durban. Driver Sthenjwa Zondi said: “When driving long distances, they do not even give us a meal allowance. We have to use our money. We want the company to recognise our union so that it will be easy for us to raise our demands through the union.” The union’s Takalani Thongoane said their attempts to resolve the workers’ complaints with the company had so far been fruitless. Michael Quma, a manager at SG Convenience, indicated: “We have been having back-to-back meetings with the employees, trying to find a solution. I can’t really tell when the solution is going to be.”
- Read the full original of the report in the above regard by Tsoanelo Sefoloko at GroundUp
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