tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7505421193082782165.post5713196514421208431..comments2013-01-27T03:29:20.408-08:00Comments on Useless Toil: The Labour War in Western CapeDave Khttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05342174682376899373noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7505421193082782165.post-87231571052829547052013-01-27T03:29:20.408-08:002013-01-27T03:29:20.408-08:00A model motion
This Branch notes
- Since Novembe...A model motion<br /><br />This Branch notes<br /><br />- Since November thousands of agricultural workers in the Western Cape in South Africa have been on strike demanding a rise in the minimum wage. <br />- That the South African governement and the farm owners have used brutal methods that have led to the deaths of three strikers and the arrest of hundreds. The owners are also using dismissal's and evictions to try to break the strike. <br />- The strike continues and the unions involved have called for a boycott of South African wine and fruit and asked for foreign retailers to pledge that unless the conditions are addressed, they will no longer import South African products. <br /><br />This Branch Resolves<br /><br />- To organise and participate in protests against major supermarkets including Tesco, Sainsburys and Asda demanding the improvement of conditions and the rise in the minmum wage in Western Cape is met or they should refuse to stock wine and fruit from South Africa. <br />- To publicise the strikes and this campaign in solidarity with South African workers amongst all levels of the trade union movement, Labour Party and amongst the public in general. <br />- To boycott all South African wine and Fruit until the Strikers demands are met or the South African unions call off the boycott. <br />Dave Khttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05342174682376899373noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7505421193082782165.post-28333363437231073062013-01-27T03:09:49.370-08:002013-01-27T03:09:49.370-08:00Articles on the Strike
http://www.guardian.co.uk/w...Articles on the Strike<br />http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/jan/24/south-africa-wine-farms-strike<br /><br />www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/jan/24/truckloads-south-african-farmworkers-sackedDave Khttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05342174682376899373noreply@blogger.com