Sugar wage strike looms
About 1000 workers at eight farms belonging to Illovo in Kwa-Zulu Natal have threatened to embark on a strike.
The Food and Allied Workers Union (FAWU) says negotations for a wage increase and other benefits have deadlocked.
General Secretary Katishi Masemola says workers have five demands.
"They want a 10% wage increase, extended maternity leave, extended pension fund and bonuses among others," he says.
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Masemola says they will meet with Illovo to discuss picketing rules on Monday.
"Anytime from tomorrow we will issue a notice to strike. The employer has offered 5% for the wage increase, they have said they want a separate discussion with regards to maternity leave and provident funds, we are not comfortable with that. We want everything to be agreed to as a package to avert the strike," he says.