The credibility of Sactwu, who purports that its mission is to help the poor disenfranchised, exploited worker of the clothing industry, is seriously tarnished. On another matter, the union, continues to make unsubstantiated claims of wages being paid in Newcastle. Over, and ove, the union has been asked to provide wage slips and identify the factories where workers, according to the union are being paid R90.00 to R175.00 a week but they cannot. The ReDress Consultancy, understands that some factories in Newcastle who have signed the wage-phase in policy are the ones paying these wages.
Last month the M&G mentioned that the deputy general was involved in the in the pension fund debacle but there has been absolute silence since this was exposed. In June, the M&G wrote:
The spotlight has also fallen on Sactwu deputy general secretary Wayne van der Rheede. The M&G has established that he was the principal officer of the Textile and Allied Workers' Provident Fund, one of the affected provident funds. Sactwu staffers claimed Van der Rheede did not alert them to any problems or risky investments. Van der Rheede asked the M&G to send him questions but at the time of printing he had not answered them.
The General Secretary of Sactwu stated that the union could not be held responsible for the investments made with the retirement funds. "Sactwu has not taken any decisions on behalf of the respective retirement funds," said Kriel. "The investment decisions were taken by the funds' board of trustees; union structures were never party to the discussions on how they have reached these decisions." (“Fears that pension fund consultant pay flee,” M&G 24 June 2011.)
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| 29 July 2011 |
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