Clear Choice Builders contract workers demand salary increase
The workers have been negotiating for an increment for the past eight months, but without luck.
Clear Choice Builders contract workers were protesting over low wages outside the Bethal Hospital on Tuesday, 30 January.
They said they have been earning R16-68 an hour since last year and that the contractor is not willing to meet their demands.
They are demanding R32 an hour.
The workers have been negotiating for an increment for the past eight months, but without luck.
What frustrates the workers the most, is that the community liaison officer, Mr Whitty Mahlangu, is not cooperating and allegedly took the side of the contractor.
The workers had to join the National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa to get help.
Mr Mandla Radebe, a worker, said the contractor offered R20 an hour during recent negotiations.
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