Kaya News Reporter
Clover has been granted an urgent interdict against striking unions against violence, malicious damage to property and incitement.
This follows on-going strikes by disgruntled employees who are against the company’s restructure plans, retrenchments and salary cuts.
The company blames the death of a security guard on Saturday on striking workers and unions. A Fidelity guard who was on duty protecting a Clover delivery truck was attacked by a mob of striking workers.
Clover reported the tragic incident to SAPS and opened two cases, one for malicious damage to property and the other for murder.
Spokesperson for the dairy company, Steven Velthuysen said the violent incited by striking unions has escalated despite an earlier interdict which was granted last year.
Speaking to eNCA Velthuysen says the interdict instructs the unions to remove all social media communication that encourages striking workers to intimidate non-striking workers.
The interdict was granted by the Labour Court in Johannesburg on Friday.
General Industries Workers Union of South Africa (Giwusa) and the Food and Allied Workers Unions have not responded.
The two unions received support from both the South African Federation of Trade Unions (SAFTU) and the National Union of Metalworkers South Africa (NUMSA).
Unions are calling for a reversal of all retrenchments, which Clover announced was due to the pandemic. Clover announced that close to 1 000 workers would be impacted by the merger with Israeli bottling company, Milco.
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