COSATU marches into town against Choppies
Friday, July 18, 2014
The majority of Choppies’ 19 stores in South Africa are in the North West province, whose COSATU branch is leading a call to boycott, after workers went on strike when 107 of their colleagues were suspended or fired for alleged theft.
In a telephone interview yesterday, COSATU North West provincial secretary, Solly Phetoe told Mmegi that representatives of the South African federation had lined up meetings with local unionists in order to “get a feel of Choppies general behaviour” here, before meeting company directors.
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