Clover and unions back at the negotiating table as wage impasse intensifies

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The courts have granted Clover an interdict, while labour movements abroad support the SA unions’ wage strike

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Civil organisations and unions picket on Robert Sobukwe Road near Cape Town International Airport in solidarity with the thousands of Clover workers who have been on strike since November last year. Date: 27 January 2022: Picture: ESA ALEXANDER/SUNDAY TIMES

The delisted dairy food and beverage group, which was bought by an Israeli consortium in 2019 for R4.8bn, has turned to the courts on several occasions to stop the strike, while the unions have leveraged their numbers to frustrate the company through sustained demonstrations including a ‘boycott Clover campaign’.

“The right to strike is constitutionally protected, but this kind of behaviour is completely unacceptable,” Clover spokesperson Steven Velthuysen said in a statement.The national wage strike orchestrated by unionised Clover workers ballooned into a global picket this week, with labour movements around the world picketing in solidarity with SA workers in what was touted as an ‘International Day of Action’.

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