They will make their way to headquarters to stand in solidarity with their fellow union members.
, ICTU represents close to 1,300 members at Cell C who engaged in a strike at the company’s head office regarding non-payment of bonuses related to 2017/18 performance. Strike action was recently reignited by Cell C’s failure to pay the 2017/18 bonuses.
Lepheana was speaking to the Citizen during a brief intermission of a meeting he was attending with Blue Label Telecoms, which owns a 45% stake in Cell C. Lepheana reiterated that the workers indicated that they were willing to sacrifice their lunch and take half-day leave to stand with Tiso Blackstar employees should they decide to return to work at Cell C on Thursday.
Tiso Blackstar owns newspapers such as Business Day, Sunday Times, and Sowetan. Its Parktown head office is also the venue for the commission of inquiry into state capture led by Deputy Chief Justice Raymond Zondo.The union said in a statement: “The company has pleaded poverty and disregarded the fact that workers suffer immense financial pressures due [to] Tiso Blackstar’s failure to compensate them fairly.
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