South Africa: Le Chasseur District in Uproar

14 January 2013
Commercial, Stevedoring, Agricultural and Allied Workers Union (Cape Town)
press release

In the Le Chasseur District (20km outside of Robertson), farm workers have taken to the streets in protest after an attempt at negotiation failed.

Farmers decided to negotiate directly with workers where they wanted to negotiate for R150 per day on condition that utility costs are deducted from worker salaries. However, farmers returned with an offer of just R110 per day.

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