Today several workers stood [against] Clover. You’ll remember that the dairy strike at Clover has been going on for almost three months now. Workers there who aren’t striking are fighting [against] what they believe are unfair retrenchments, salary cuts and the introduction of a six-day working week with mandatory work on public holidays. Just to update us on the situation on the ground at Clover we’re joined by Steven Velthuysen, group manager at Clover for legal and secretarial.
Well, for instance one of the issues that they constantly raise is [the claim] that we are breaching merger conditions that were laid down by the Competition Commission – which is absolutely untrue. We went through a thorough process with the Competition Commission at the time of the merger, [to] which unions were a party, so they also had their insights into the whole Competition Commission issue.
How much has this strike now going on for three months cost you, and what kind of disruptions have you seen in the business as a result of this? Fifi, it was widely reported that the government appointed a facilitator to assist in seeking a resolution to this strike. We met last week Sunday. It was a marathon six-hour session between ourselves and the facilitator and the unions. We had to, again, put our position on the table to ensure that government knows exactly what processes were followed, and what is on the table.
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