Kaya News Reporter
The impasse between Clover and striking workers continues.
Unions are calling for government intervention and for dismissed workers to be reinstated.
Workers have been striking since October 2021 over wage cuts, retrenchments and corporate restructuring.
Almost 1000 workers are at risk of losing their jobs as the dairy brand plans on closing 4 factories.
On Monday, the CCMA ruled that Clover will need to pay workers their 13th cheque which was due in November.
Despite the ruling, striking workers refuse to end the strike until retrenched staff and workers who were dismissed for striking last year are reinstated.
Striking Clover workers are calling for the company’s dairy products to be boycotted in solidarity with their issues.
Earlier this week, striking workers stormed supermarkets and removed Clover products from shelves.
Calls to boycott Clover products are mounting up, as protesters stormed Pick n Pay in Observatory. They filled trolleys with Clover products putting stickers on the products, calling for consumers to boycott Clover. @TheCapeArgus @IOL #BoycottClover pic.twitter.com/4xODy3fjXe
— Sisonke Mlamla (@SISONKE_MD) January 12, 2022
Some used stickers to send a message to consumers about their unfair working conditions.
“Stop Milking Workers”, “Boycott Clover”, and “Nationalise Clover Under Workers Control” were some of the messages on the stickers.
Protesters maintained that they had no issues with the stores, rather the products that are still on the shelves.
#BoycottClover protest @IOL @TheCapeArgus pic.twitter.com/1AA1ZTTRrZ
— Sisonke Mlamla (@SISONKE_MD) January 12, 2022
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