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Tongaat Hulett workers demand a 13% wage increase

Workers at Tongaat Hulett protested outside the company’s offices north of Durban on Wednesday. They have been on strike since Monday demanding a 13% wage increase. Photo: Tsoanelo Sefoloko
Tongaat Hulett workers protested outside the company’s offices north of Durban on Wednesday, demanding a 13% wage increase against the employers’ offer of 5.4%. They are also asking for a R1,000 transport allowance and a R1,500 housing allowance.
Workers from several sugar producers, mostly represented by the Food and Allied Workers Union (FAWU) and the Association of Mineworkers and Construction Union (AMCU), have been on strike since Monday.
On Wednesday GroundUp visited workers picketing at Tongaat Hulett’s offices.
This comes two months after Tongaat Hulett was saved from liquidation in an…

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