- Title
- Biggest strike in T&G history
- Creator
- COSATU, TGWU
- Subject
- COSATU
- Date
- July 1990
- Type
- text
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/10962/115514
- Identifier
- vital:34151
- Description
- Cleaners in T&G Natal are angry and want to see change now! So cleaners from 11 different companies came together and decided to make demands to the bosses. On 25 May about 3000 cleaners came out on strike, but by the middle of the strike about 7000 cleaners were on strike. Most of the strikers were women. The most important demand was for a living wage. In the Durban area the wage determination gives cleaners R379 a month. But many bosses pay less than R379 and these bosses know it is against the law. On top of the low wage the bosses make cleaners buy their own uniforms, but the wage determination says the bosses must buy these uniforms. All of the strikers come from contract cleaning companies like Sneller, Supercare, Pritchards, Regent, Mrs Mop, Clean-It, Keep Clean, North Coast Cleaners, Floline, and Durban Property Services. These companies send cleaners out to clean in other companies and get money in return. But cleaners see little of the money their bosses make from their hard work.
- Format
- 4 pages, pdf
- Publisher
- Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU), Transport and General Workers Union (TGWU)
- Language
- English
- Rights
- Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU), Transport and General Workers Union (TGWU)
- Rights
- No part of this publication may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means without prior permission from the publisher
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