Cape Town - The Cosatu-affiliated Southern African Clothing and Textile Workers’ Union (Sactwu) is dedicating its recent wage agreement for sheltered employement to the blind busker who was recently arrested in the Cape Town CBD.
Sactwu is the majority trade union in the sheltered employment sector, which employs people with disabilities.
"In the light of the recent brutal assault on Nono, the blind busker from Cape Town, we hope to make an emphatic statement with this agreement that the rights of workers with disabilities must be respected," said André Kriel, Sactwu's general secretary.
"We dedicate this agreement to him and pledge to broaden our struggle for decent work and proper worker rights for all workers with disabilities."
Ownership of the sheltered employment factories lies with the state and is managed by the department of labour.
These factories, of which there are 13 in the country, have the manufacturing capability of producing 3 000 different types of products in industries which include furniture, textiles, metal work, leather work, canvas work, book binding and screen printing.
The settlement includes a 6% wage increase, a 1% increase in employer contributions towards the provident fund, a housing allowance of R300 per month for and the implementation of a medical aid employer contribution for factory workers.
The agreement will be implemented at the end of July.
Sactwu is the majority trade union in the sheltered employment sector, which employs people with disabilities.
"In the light of the recent brutal assault on Nono, the blind busker from Cape Town, we hope to make an emphatic statement with this agreement that the rights of workers with disabilities must be respected," said André Kriel, Sactwu's general secretary.
"We dedicate this agreement to him and pledge to broaden our struggle for decent work and proper worker rights for all workers with disabilities."
Ownership of the sheltered employment factories lies with the state and is managed by the department of labour.
These factories, of which there are 13 in the country, have the manufacturing capability of producing 3 000 different types of products in industries which include furniture, textiles, metal work, leather work, canvas work, book binding and screen printing.
The settlement includes a 6% wage increase, a 1% increase in employer contributions towards the provident fund, a housing allowance of R300 per month for and the implementation of a medical aid employer contribution for factory workers.
The agreement will be implemented at the end of July.