At the UNI World Women’s Conference women trade union leaders showed strong support for UNI’s new strategic plan, called “Breaking Through”, which aims to build membership in UNI unions globally.
The company agreed to increase the minimum wage from 32 thousand to 172 thousand pesos (from U$s 65 to U$s 350), which is the current minimum wage established by law.
UNI Affiliate SLC-CGIL has taken up the case with the German Government by sending a delegation to visit the German Embassy in Rome.
This week, SYNACOM Cameroon visited the German Embassy in Yaoundi.
Development and reinforcement of union organisations, in particular in multinational companies in which we have presence.
After having received telephone threats, a homemade bomb is thrown at his house.
In the second week of the strike, SACCAWU members at Pick 'n Pay are even more determined not to accept lower wages, reduced working hours and reduced benefits .
"This is the beginning of the Walmartisation of the sector" says UNI affiliate SACCAWU if this deal goes through unopposed and without stringent conditions to protect workers and industries
In South America, these workers are fortunate enough to have union representation, but North American workers have long struggled to form a union Wal-Mart will recognize.
All the workers on the picket-line at Klerksdorp have been arrested for singing and shouting slogans on the picket-line, South Africa union SACCAWU says.
