Zwelinzima+Vavi+to+join+picket+line+at+Woolworths


 * Media alert******


 * Zwelinzima Vavi to join picket line at Woolworths**

The Congress of South African Trade Unions is giving its full support to the six-week long strike by SACCAWU members at Universal Product Networks (UPN), a wholly owned subsidiary of Woolworths, one of the major retailers in South Africa and beyond.


 * Tomorrow, Friday 23 December 2005, the COSATU General Secretary, Zwelinzima Vavi, will be joining the picket line at the Woolworths branch in Market Street, Johannesburg, from 11h00.**

He is also writing to the chief Executive of Woolworths, to appeal to him to intervene personally to try to resolve this strike through the CCMA.

The strike revolves around the Company’s steadfast refusal to negotiate an increase in wages and Saturday and Sunday premiums for workers employed in five distribution centres in Johannesburg, Durban and Cape Town. The workers are suffering immense hardship, especially at this time of year, but they are committed to fighting out the dispute to the bitter end!

Patrick Craven (Editor, Shopsteward Journal) Congress of South African Trade Unions 1-5 Leyds Cnr Biccard Streets Braamfontein, 2017

P.O.Box 1019 Johannesburg, 2000 South Africa

Cell: 082 821 7456 Tel: +27 11 339-4911/24 Fax: +27 11 339-5080/6940 E-Mail: patrick@cosatu.org.za