Pick n Pay workers demand action on racism

[BBSA]

Workers from Pick n Pay handed a memorandum outlining issues and demands to executives at the group's head office in Kensington, Johannesburg, on Friday.

Several hundred workers marched nationwide and thousands more went on strike in Johannesburg, Bloemfontein, Durban and Port Elizabeth. Up to 90% of workers affiliated to the SA Commercial Catering and Allied Workers Union (SACCAWU) did not show up for work in many stores in Gauteng and KwaZulu-Natal, but business continued as the supermarket chain had made contingency plans.

Pick n Pay said in a statement on Friday that it had manned stores in the regions affected by the strike with temporary staff.

Central to workers' demands was that the company respond to allegations of racism.

SACCAWU media officer Mike Abrahams said: "We demand meaningful engagement with the unions instead of being dismissive about the problems."

Many of the demands were generic, because underlying all these issues was transformation of the workplace in a fundamental way, said Abrahams.

The union said racial discrimination existed and that employment contracts for whites were extended beyond retirement age.

"There is a tendency to rehire retired white staff, but they're not doing that with black staff," Abrahams said. The union has given management 48 hours to respond.

Workers also allege Pick n Pay CEO Nick Badminton has made racist remarks and these must be withdrawn.

The union further claims discrepancies between what black and white staff were earning, particularly among junior management, and that Pick n Pay fast-tracked white "casual" staff over experienced black employees.

The strike will extend to Cape Town next week as permission for the protest march to be held this week could not be obtained.

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Maybe because white workers actually works and does not strike all the time

 

[lafrica]

Until the philosophy that rules one man superior and another inferior is finally and permanently discredited , then they shall be war . War in the east , war in the south , war in the west , war in the north .

 

[BBSA]

Until the philosophy that rules one man superior and another inferior is finally and permanently discredited , then they shall be war . War in the east , war in the south , war in the west , war in the north .

Is this what malema is teaching you?

 

[Blah!Blah!]

Until the philosophy that rules one man superior and another inferior is finally and permanently discredited , then they shall be war . War in the east , war in the south , war in the west , war in the north .

but we are all equal ... some are just more equal than others

 

[lafrica]

Is this what malema is teaching you?

Comrade Malema is still learning from the same teachings .

 

[BBSA]

Comrade Malema is still learning from the same teachings .

Who's teachings is it?

 

[lafrica]

Marcus Garvey , Martin Luther King , Malcolm X, Kennedy , Mugabe , younger Mandela ,Sisulu, Nkurumah, and many more of our fallen comrades .

 

[ToxicBunny]

Yes, lets all demand and demand rather than just figuring out a way to fix the "problems" and just sorting things out constructively.

 

[Blah!Blah!]

Marcus Garvey , Martin Luther King , Malcolm X, Kennedy , Mugabe , younger Mandela ,Sisulu, Nkurumah, and many more of our fallen comrades .

sounds like the ladyship black mombaza to me and you left out lenin, marx, donald duck ... in your list

 

[BBSA]

Marcus Garvey , Martin Luther King , Malcolm X, Kennedy , Mugabe , younger Mandela ,Sisulu, Nkurumah, and many more of our fallen comrades .

Was Martin Luther King not a man of peace?

 

[marine1]

The funny thing is every time I go to any pick n pay, I notice the staff are bloody rude and there are only a few tills open. Maybe they should first jack up their *** attitudes ?

 

[Blah!Blah!]

Yes, lets all demand and demand rather than just figuring out a way to fix the "problems" and just sorting things out constructively.

all private sector companies should leave the country and let the government take over ... we will surely be better off no more cries of racism or strikes etc.

all these strikes are all just cries for nationalism, and the majority has spoken

 

[lafrica]

Was Martin Luther King not a man of peace?

He was a man of black liberation from supremacist systems across the globe , peace was a tool at the time .

 

[BBSA]

He was a man of black liberation from supremacist systems across the globe , peace was a tool at the time .

Correct, and it worked. Do you not think it is something you should consider?

 

[Blah!Blah!]

He was a man of black liberation from supremacist systems across the globe , peace was a tool at the time .

most of the "struggle " heroes use peace (false) as a weapon to disarm and most sheep lap it up and believe the bs.

empty words that create greater victories than whole armies.

 

[lafrica]

Correct, and it worked. Do you not think it is something you should consider?

Never , we are dealing with people who have no remorse until they see us taking severe actioin

 

[ToxicBunny]

Which people would those be precisely then?

 

[BBSA]

Never , we are dealing with people who have no remorse until they see us taking severe actioin

So war is the only answer?

Must I go and arm myself?

Does the ANC support you in this?

 

[psichron]

Never , we are dealing with people who have no remorse until they see us taking severe actioin

Amen brother, I totally agree. The opressive policy of Black Economic Empowerment has made a mockery of our democracy for long enough. We must unite in struggle to demand equal rights for all! Severe action is required, viva!

 

[Blah!Blah!]

Amen brother, I totally agree. The opressive policy of Black Economic Empowerment has made a mockery of our democracy for long enough. We must unite in struggle to demand equal rights for all! Severe action is required, viva!