The South African Commercial, Catering, and Allied Workers Union will proceed with plans to hold a solidarity strike at six Massmart companies on Thursday.
Massmart said it considered wage talks at Makro closed after 800 employees resigned as members of the union. The South African Commercial, Catering and Allied Workers Union will press on with secondary strikes at Massmart companies on Thursday after talks to resolve a wage dispute at Makro failed. Saccawu said in a statement that workers at Makro will go ahead with their strike action on Thursday after the negotiations broke down at CCMA on Tuesday. This strike action will include secondary strikes at other Massmart companies in solidarity with Makro workers, the union said.
Massmart vice president of corporate affairs, Brian Leroni, said Saccawu tabled new demands at the CCMA on Tuesday and the company's negotiating team indicated that they would need to take these back to management for discussion."The union rejected this request out of hand and walked out of the CCMA meeting.
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