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Sugar workers end four-week strike

Employers agree to a 6% wage hike, backdated to April

Workers at Tongaat Hulett protested outside the company’s offices north of Durban on 19 August. Archive photo: Tsoanelo Sefoloko
Sugar workers are to return to work following a four-week strike for higher wages. Employers agreed to raise salaries by 6%, back dated to April.
Workers, who downed tools on 17 August, were demanding a 13% wage increase against the employers’ offer of 5.4%. Tongaat Hulett employees protested outside the company’s offices north of Durban last month.
The agreement follows lengthy negotiations through the Bargaining Council. Workers from several sugar producers were represented by the Food and Allied Workers Union (FAWU) and the Association of Mineworkers and Construction Union (AMCU).
FAWU organiser Sibonelo Mbuyazi said employers had also agreed to pay…

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