“Unfortunately, another worker’s finger was chopped off by factory machinery – this was again a worker who was injured after having been brought in to operate complex equipment – the wrapping machine – without adequate training from the Mister Sweet…”
Mister Sweet Workers Vow to Continue Strike, now in its 10th Week Read Post »
“UPDATE: On 4 September 2024 Premier FMCG applied for an interdict against the strike. The interdict application will be heard on 10 September 2024. We, the 23 below organisations, from six provinces, declare that we are boycotting Mister Sweet products…”
Boycott of Mister Sweet products underway by 23 organisations from 6 provinces Read Post »
“Workers at Mister Sweet [have embarked on] a strike starting on Monday, 19 August 2024. The strike [is taking] place at Mister Sweet, Corner of Dekema and Bezuidenhout Roads, Wadeville in Gauteng. There is no basic salary at this company…”
SWF Slams Mister Sweet Management Read Post »
“The working class does not need to know the food poverty line, the lower-bound poverty line or the upper bound poverty line to know that it is starving. The 1 March increase in the national minimum wage from R25.42 to R27.45 has been hailed in many quarters, most particularly by Cosatu”
THE NATIONAL MINIMUM WAGE ENTRENCHES APARTHEID’S CHEAP BLACK LABOUR Read Post »
“The CWAO/SWF is taking Mister Sweet, owned by Premier Foods, to the CCMA on 29 February, after several months of the company refusing to pay workers a basic salary. Mister Sweet makes sweets and supplies Spar and Woolworths, among other shops. It has very poor health and safety practices and workers often get injured there.”
135 WORKERS AT MISTER SWEETS DEMAND R16 000 BASIC SALARY NOW OR THEY WILL STRIKE! Read Post »
“The SWF won a victory against snack manufacturing giant Simba in the
Johannesburg Labour Court on 21 November, with Simba forced to withdraw
its bid for a permanent interdict against deemed permanent workers
together with permanent workers who went on…”
Simunye Workers’ Forum Defeats Snack Giant Simba in the Labour Court! Read Post »
May Day as International Workers’ Day was born in the crucible of the heroic and militant struggles against exploitation and domination. With its origins in the struggle for a shorter working day, today May Day is celebrated by workers as a public holiday to pay homage to this heritage of struggle. It is also a day on which workers take stock of their…
May Day 2020 and the Heritage of Struggles From Below Read Post »
The COVID-19 Temporary Employee/Employer Relief Scheme (TERS)
Latest amendments to the COVID-19 TERS regulations say bosses must pay workers who lose wages because of the coronavirus lockdown. Bosses…
UIF TERS Amendments – Bosses must pay workers who are on lockdown Read Post »
Yesterday’s ‘constructive engagement’ between AMCU and the Registrar of Labour Relations over the union’s possible deregistration must lull no one into believing a crisis has passed.
Resist state attacks on trade unions Read Post »
