Clicks staff start strike
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Fin24 - Dec 2nd 2011, 09:04
Johannesburg - The SA Commercial, Catering and Allied Workers Union (Saccawu) said on Thursday that Clicks Group [JSE:CLS] staff had begun a strike.
Last week the union said its members at Clicks Group would embark on a protected strike "in pursuance of the struggle for a living wage and in support of their demand for decent wage increases".
The company has offered a wage increase of 9.5% to its staff within the bargaining unit - which is above the current inflation rate of 5.7%.
However, the union rejected the offer after five months of negotiations.
The bargaining unit consists of 1 086 non-union members and 2 324 Saccawu members.
Wage negotiations between Clicks and Saccawu commenced in May 2011. The parties have been in a formal dispute since early July 2011, despite participation in a private dispute resolution meeting as well as a number of CCMA-mediated dispute resolution meetings.
Last week Clicks MD Michael Harvey said the group believed the offer was generous, given current trading conditions and the impact of the global recession on the South African economy.
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