THE South African Commercial Catering and Allied Workers Union (Saccawu) embarked on an ‘indefinite strike’ on Friday at group companies owned by Walmart-led Massmart Holdings in South Africa.
On Tuesday, Saccawu notified Massmart of its intention to embark on a no-work, no-pay strike.
Strike certificates that were submitted to Massmart had the following:
- A 10% wage increase for workers at Builders;
- Reinstatement of Game employees into their original jobs;
- Better car and mobile phone allowances for approximately 170 Makro customer relationship officers.
Massmart says there are employees who wish to accept the company’s offer of 4%, rather than to go on strike, and that it has identified alternative jobs for Game employees – which they did not accept under instruction from Saccawu.
“This intended strike action coincides with a time of year when Saccawu members will potentially have higher household expenditure resulting from festive season expenses. It is also
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