THE Chemical, Energy, Paper, Printing, Wood and Allied Workers Union (Ceppwawu), a Cosatu affiliate, says it will oppose an application by Sasol for a wage agreement exemption and retrenchments.
The three-day meeting between Ceppwawu and Sasol will be held from Monday to Wednesday at the company’s attorney’s chambers in Sandton, Johannesburg.
Ceppwawu said thousands of workers will lose their jobs if Sasol is let off the hook.
The union said Sasol 2.0 restructuring has already taken away all workers’ non-statutory benefits.
“The union members must endure a double jeopardy, first with no increase through a wage agreement exemption application and secondly by a Sasol 2.0, a retrenchment process clothe as restructuring, which CEPPWAWU is opposing both applications,” said Ceppwawu general secretary Welile Nolingo.
Nolingo said Sasol wants to suffocate workers further, first, through a retrenchment process and then, ‘running to the National Bargaining Council for Chemical Industry at full
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