FAWU calls on government to defend local sugar industry and workers [SOUND]

# The Food and Allied Workers Union calls upon government to urgently address the broader structural challenges confronting the South African sugar industry. FAWU’s spokesperson, Dominique Martin says the state has a responsibility to protect local production, decent employment and the country’s industrial capacity from destructive import competition and policies that contribute to deindustrialisation. She says however, protecting the sugar industry must never mean protecting employers at the expense of workers: