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Media Coverage
27 September 2024
Mr Sweet worker loses finger on duty
Premier insists that casual workers currently running production at the Mr Sweet Factory are qualified
Category: DISPUTES
Press Release
26 September 2024
25 social movements slam Mister Sweet - Mister Sweet threatens workers
Premier Group CEO pays himself nearly R19 million a year, 185 times more than the Mister Sweet workers are paid
Category: DISPUTES
CWAO Radio
26 September 2024
Weekly Update: Mr Sweet Protest - Injured Workers
The SWF has been informed that several casual workers have been seriously injured over the past week in the Mister Sweet factory.
Category: WEEKLY UPDATE
CWAO Radio
20 September 2024
Weekly Update: The Mister Sweet strike is in its fourth week.
Workers tell Buwa Basebetsi that the employer does not treat them like human beings
Category: WEEKLY UPDATE
Media Coverage
14 September 2024
Tensions simmer at Mister Sweet as striking workers lower basic salary demand
Company says amid the strike it is distributing sweets at reduced capacity
Category: DISPUTES
CWAO Radio
13 September 2024
Weekly Update: Mr Sweet Protest - Labour Court victory
In this episode of our Buwa Basebetsi Update we bring you the latest news on the current protest taking place at Mr Sweet in Wadeville
Category: WEEKLY UPDATE
Media Coverage
11 September 2024
Premier loses court bid to end Mister Sweet strike
The Johannesburg Labour Court has dismissed Premier Group's urgent application to stop workers from striking at its Mister Sweet branch in Germiston.
Category: DISPUTES
Media Coverage
09 September 2024
Over 600 workers at Mister Sweets Factory have halted production
In Germiston, over 600 workers at Mister Sweets Factory have halted production, demanding a monthly wage increase to R19,500.
Category: DISPUTES
Media Coverage
09 September 2024
Premier Group goes to court to end Mister Sweet strike
Strike at Germiston factory enters fourth week
Category: DISPUTES
Press Release
06 September 2024
Boycotting of Mister Sweet
We, the 23 below organisations, from six provinces, declare that we are boycotting Mister Sweet products because of the ongoing of workers at Mister Sweet.
Category: DISPUTES
CWAO Radio
06 September 2024
Weekly Update: Mr Sweet Protest - Actions of Solidarity
In this episode of Buwa Basebetsi Updates, we highlight the messages of solidarity towards the protesting Mr Sweet striking workers.
Category: WEEKLY UPDATE
Campaign
28 August 2024
SUPPORT THE MISTER SWEET WORKERS' FIGHT FOR A LIVING WAGE OF R19 500!
Unite in the fight against the bosses' profit-making system!
Category: PROTESTS
Press Statement
25 August 2024
Strike at Mr Sweet approaches a second week
SWF condemns bosses for locking workers out and threatening workers with reduction in wage offer and dismissal
Category: DISPUTES
Media Coverage
23 August 2024
Strike at Premier sweet factory enters fifth day
Mister Sweet factory workers in Germiston initially wanted salaries raised to R19,500 per month, but have lowered their demands
Category: DISPUTES
Media Coverage
22 August 2024
Workers strike at Premier Group’s sweets plant in South Africa
Staff at the site making the Mister Sweet brand are demanding a minimum wage and pay increases.
Category: DISPUTES
Media Coverage
20 August 2024
Hundreds of workers on strike at Premier sweet factory
More than 600 workers down tools at Mr Sweet, demanding a minimum wage of R19,500 a month
Category: DISPUTES
Press Release
18 August 2024
Workers at Mister Sweet begin strike today; SWF condemns bosses for locking workers out and threatening workers with reduction in wage offer
Mister Sweet workers to strike from Monday; SWF condemns bosses for locking workers out and threatening workers with reduction in wage offer
Category: NEWS
Media Coverage
17 August 2024
CCMA receives backlash on supporting dismissal of Dis-Chem employee with cancer
Dis-Chem declared the role redundant and terminated Ms Matinketsa on grounds of medical incapacity.
Category: DISPUTES
CWAO Radio
14 August 2024
Weekly Update: An Analysis of Asylum Seekers
In this episode of Buwa Basebetsi Updates, we look at the reality of asylum seekers in South Africa.
Category: WEEKLY UPDATE
Media Coverage
14 August 2024
DIS-CHEM takes flak for firing cancer sufferer
THE Casual Workers’ Advice Office (CWAO) has condemned pharmacy giant Dis-Chem for dismissing a female worker after she was fitted with a stoma bag following cancer surgery and could no longer lift heavy items.
Category: DISPUTES
Media Coverage
14 August 2024
In sickness and in health: What can workers expect from their employer if they are too sick to work?
CCMA finds dismissal of cancer survivor lawful
Category: WORKERS RIGHTS
Press Release
14 August 2024
Simunye Workers' Forum goes to the Labour Appeal Court tomorrow to insist on its right to be registered as a Trade Union
The Simunye Workers Forum (SWF) and Casual Workers' Advice Office (CWAO) are headed for the Labour Appeal Court in Johannesburg tomorrow (15 August 2024) to again fight for the right of the SWF to register as a trade union.
Category: NEWS
Press Release
13 August 2024
DisChem terminates employee who had cancer because she can no longer lift heavy items
The Casual Workers' Advice Office condemns the pharmacy giant, DisChem, for dismissing a female worker after she was fitted with a stoma bag following cancer surgery and could no longer lift heavy items.