South Africa: Protest March to the Dit Campus By Poultry Workers

The General Secretary of Food and Allied Workers Union (FAWU), Katishi Masemola, will be leading a protest march by members of FAWU to the DTI Campus in Pretoria on the 3rd April 2013, between 11h00 and 13h00, to highlight the real threat that chicken imports from Brazil and European Union (EU) have to the 40 000 jobs in our country's poultry sector, thereby calling on Government to protect our sector.

The Minister of Trade and Industry, Mr Rob Davies, or his nominated delegate is expected to receive petition during the march.

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