SACTWU
*SACTWU Press Release, 5 October 2012*** *Two Clothing Employers Arrested for Pointing Fire-Arms at Workers*Two clothing employers were arrested yesterday, after threatening striking clothing workers by pointing rifles at them, most of whom are women workers.
The incident happened in QwaQwa in the Free State.SACTWU's local organiser in the area, Christopher Soetsane, immediately reported the matter to the police. In this instance, the police responded very quickly and took firm action. We compliment them for that.
The workers are all members of the Southern African Clothing & Textile Workers' Union (SACTWU). They are on a protected (legal) strike, demanding a living wage.The strike started yesterday. Many of them earn as little as R200 per week in reality, when the current legally prescribed wage is already as low as R534 per week.
SACTWU condemns this hooligan employer behaviour and will ensure that our members' rights are properly protected.
*Issued by****** **Andre Kriel****** **SACTWU****** **General Secretary * -- You are subscribed. This footer can help you. Please POST your comments to [email protected] or reply to this message. You can visit the group WEB SITE at http://groups.google.com/group/yclsa-eom-forum for different delivery options, pages, files and membership. To UNSUBSCRIBE, please email [email protected] . You don't have to put anything in the "Subject:" field. You don't have to put anything in the message part. All you have to do is to send an e-mail to this address (repeat): [email protected] .
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