CWU spokesperson Mfanafuthi Sithebe said the union would defy the interim interdict granted to Vodacom to prevent striking workers from entering, interfering with or obstructing access to the company premises.<\/p>\n
On Wednesday, the Labour Court extended the interdict to Friday when it will deliver a final decision on whether the interim interdict would be made permanent.<\/p>\n
Sithebe said the union respected state organs and the rule of law, but would defy the interdict as it pushed a certain agenda.<\/p>\n
“The peaceful strike action for the recognition of the CWU as a bargaining agent at Vodacom South Africa is continuing,” Sithebe said.<\/p>\n
“Our call for real negotiations has fallen on deaf ears.”<\/p>\n
He said CWU was willing to honour any meeting convened and chaired by Vodacom CEO Alan Knot-Craig.<\/p>\n
“His [Craig] integrity and courage to find an amicable solution is well documented in the history of the company and the outside world.”<\/p>\n
The union’s main grievance was 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 would only be recognised when it held a 30% membership, as set out by the Labour Relations Act and case law.<\/p>\n
The giant cellphone network company claims the union has less than 10% membership.<\/p>\n
All companies in the ICT industry, particularly where CWU was unconditionally recognised, would be served with a secondary strike notice, Sithebe said.<\/p>\n
The union will hold a demonstration outside Parliament in Cape Town on Saturday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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