Disagreement closes 85 factories
The National Clothing Retail Federation said yesterday that it was of huge concern to everyone in South Africa - employee, employer and consumer - that the Newcastle Chinese Chamber of Commerce was closing 85 Taiwanese and Chinese factories in response to a dispute with the bargaining council. Click here to read more.
Sactwu to seek relief for 'illegal' lockouts in Newcastle
THE SOUTHERN African Clothing and Textile Workers' Union (Sactwu) is instituting legal action against the Newcastle Chinese Chamber of Commerce for shutting its factories, saying this contravenes the Labour Relations Act.The union, which has 5 000 members in Newcastle, said it wanted to claim wages for its members for the days that the factories had been closed by the owners. Click here to read more.
Union seeks to force Newcastle factory owners back to work
Both the union and factory owners in Newcastle call for emergency government intervention after owners close factory doors citing unreasonable demands by the National Bargaining Council. Click here to read more.
Wage blitz stitches up clothing factories
As Zuma woos Chinese investors, Asian companies are shut down
YELLOW Street in Newcastle’s Madadeni township was eerily empty on Wednesday after clothing factories there, which employ about 3000 workers, shut down in sympathy when a sheriff closed two Asian-owned companies in the town on Tuesday. Click here to read more.
Decent work – Newcastle
As over 1m public-sector workers prepared to strike for wage increases double the inflation rate, clothing workers in Newcastle earning as little as R90/week took up arms to prevent officials from closing down the mostly Chinese-owned sweatshops where they work. Click here to read more
Newcastle textile factories ‘working on minimum-wage plans’
Clothing factory closures spread
Chinese owners call on provincial MEC to intervene in talks
Free State intervenes in rag trade wages dispute
Clothing sector seeks talks wrap (5th Steptember 2010)
Clothing manufacturers and labour union Sactwu will meet the directors-general of various government departments tomorrow to try to settle a dispute over a minimum wage. To read more click here.
Photos by: Renato Palmi
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