Automobile plant employees strike again

A fortnight ago, the employees went on a six-day strike but agreed to go back to work while awaiting negotiations with the company’s CEO Kevin Pather. At the time, they decried alleged mal-administration and accused the company of not caring about their welfare. They agreed to go back to work having been promised a meeting last week Thursday. According to a highly placed source, the meeting failed to materialise since the CEO was only available to talk through a conference call. The meeting was postponed to Monday but Pather was still not present, something that PASDEC employees’ representative committee vice chairperson, Kabelo Phuthego said triggered yesterday’s tools down.

Phuthego said they will not go back to work unless proper negotiations take place in the presence of the company’s CEO and that the strike might take longer this time around.