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Bidvest packaging workers on strike

Workers demand 9% increase, shift allowances and bonuses

Workers strike at Masterpack in Johannesburg. Photo: Seth Thorne
Workers at Masterpack have been on strike since Monday. They are demanding a 9% wage increase and bonuses. About three dozen workers picketed outside the company’s Johannesburg offices and factory on Friday.
Wage negotiations reached a deadlock on 21 August. The striking workers consist of approximately 30 members of the General Industries Workers Union of South Africa (GIWUSA) and 21 from the Allied Workers Union of South Africa (AWUSA).
Sipho Linda, an organiser for GIWUSA, said negotiations with the Bidvest-owned company collapsed because workers “could not accept less than a 9% wage increase” across the board.
According to GIWUSA, management countered with a tiered split offer, including a 6% increase for…

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