 Food & Allied Workers Union (F.A.W.U.) Vuyisile Mini Centre, Cnr NY1 and NY110, Guguletu, 7750 - PO Box 1234 Woodstock, 7915 Tel (021) 637 9040, Fax (021) 637 9164 [email protected] Soon no beer The Strike Intensifies as
SAB Beer Workers and Workers of other Coke Bottling Companies Support
ABI Coke
Workers 07thJanuary 2010 08h10 The strike by ABI Coke workers intensifies as SAB beer workers and workers working for other Coca Cola bottling companies heed the call by their union, the Food and Allied Workers’ Union [FAWU], to embark on secondary strikes and other protest actions in support of their colleagues on primary strike at ABI Coke. With Coca Cola fortune having been granted interim court order setting aside our secondary strike in that company, our members will be embarking on non-strike protest actions nevertheless until the union opposes this order on the return date (13th January). Our members at the Witbank Coca Cola Shanduka will be on full-blown strike while those at Coca Cola Canners in Wadeville will begin with lunch-time demonstration and picketing starting from today. All workers in SAB beer division plants (both manufacturing factories and distribution centers) in Gauteng, such as in Roselyn, Alrode and Chamdor, will be on full-blown strike on Monday (11th January) to join their ABI Coke colleagues on the protest march to the SAB Ltd head-offices. We expect three thousand workers to be part of this protest march. The full national picture of what actions (full blown strike or momentum-building actions) have individual workplaces in each of the four entities decided on will be much clearer on Thursday afternoon given that most of our members will be consulted up to the evening of Wednesday across all the companies nation-wide. Meanwhile, 38 striking workers of ABI Midrand, including those injured, will be appearing in Tembisa magistrate court today at 09h00 on ridiculous charges of ‘contempt of court order’. We expect 500 members to accompany them to court. The 79 workers, who slept overnight at the Diepkloof police station holding cells, will appear at Protea magistrate court in Soweto also at 09h00 on another ridiculous charge of ‘public violence’ when police claims a single stone was thrown at a passing delivery vehicle. Please call General Secretary Katishi Masemola on 082 467 2509 for more information. Katishi Masemola FAWU General Secretary |
