The Labour Court extended the interdict to Friday, when it will deliver a final decision on whether the interim interdict will be made permanent, said Vodacom spokesperson Dot Field.<\/p>\n
An urgent interdict was sought by Vodacom on July 3 against striking Communication Workers’ Union (CWU) members blocking the entrance to Vodaworld in Midrand, the company said in a statement. The interdict restrained them from entering or being on company premises and from interfering or obstructing access to the premises.<\/p>\n
On Wednesday, members of the CWU marched to a Vodacom call centre in Johannesburg. They handed over a memorandum detailing their demands to company management. Fields confirmed receipt of the memorandum.<\/p>\n
The CWU’s demands include recognition of the union, fair trade-union representation for workers at disciplinary hearings, leave for trade-union activities, and for the union’s conditional recognition to be replaced by unconditional recognition.<\/p>\n
The union’s main grievance is Vodacom’s failure to recognise it as a collective bargaining agent and a representative of its workers.<\/p>\n
Vodacom has stated that the union will only be recognised when it holds a 30% membership, as set out by the Labour Relations Act and case law. The union currently had just less than 10%, it said. “Vodacom does not believe the CWU’s accusations are valid.”<\/p>\n
The union disputes this. CWU spokesperson Mfanafuthi Sithebe said there are 1 325 union members out of just more than 2 200 employees at Vodacom.<\/p>\n
He added that Vodacom agreed to a forensic audit to clarify the figures. Field confirmed that the audit is currently taking place by a company appointed by the union, and said preliminary figures confirm the union membership at just less than 10%.<\/p>\n
Sithebe said the union was meeting to decide on a way forward on Wednesday and will announce its plans on Thursday.<\/p>\n
Workers at Vodacom downed tools on July 2, demanding recognition of the CWU. About 230 workers remain on strike, of which roughly 40 picket daily, the company said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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