Buwa Basebetsi Updates: Mr Sweet Protest - A worker's story

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This week marks the 8th week since the start of Mister Sweet strike. On the 19th of August Workers at Mister Sweet went on strike demanding a R19000 basic salary as their main bone of content, but there are more issues than what meets the eye as we previously reported. There are issues with overtime pay treatment of female workers, pay disparities and provident fund that is not growing to mention just few.

In this episode we highlight one of the protesting workers experience with Mr Sweet.

16 Oct English South Africa Education · Non-Profit

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