SACCAWU, Sun International reach agreement

Veröffentlicht: 27 Januar 2010
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MORE than 4,500 workers of Sun International Hotels in South Africa are returning to work after a seven-week strike.

The strike came to an end after Sun International and UNI affiliate the South African Commercial, Catering and Allied Workers’ Union (SACCAWU) reached a two-year agreement awarding an 8.75% salary increase across the board backdated to 1 July 2009.

The agreement also allows some categories of supervisory staff to be represented by the union.

Other increases include home ownership subsidy scheme, education assistance and shift allowance.

In a press statement released today, SACCAWU media head Mike Abrahams attributed the success of the strike to the unity of the workers and solidarity from the community, the federation COSATU and the international labour movement.

“SACCAWU and the striking workers wish to acknowledge and express our gratitude for the solidarity, on the picket-line, in the communities and internationally, that played an important role in keeping the unity and building the morale of striking workers throughout the strike,” said the statement.

The strike was marked by inflexibility by the company, violence on the picket-line from the state police and private security, including racist and sexist insults, extreme provocations, assaults as well as arrests of some strikers and some union officials.