SAFTU endorses FAWU demands for a 13% wage increase in the sugar industry [SOUND]

# Union federation SAFTU fully endorses union FAWU’s demand for a 13-percent across the board wage increase in the sugar manufacturing and refining industry. Thousands of sugar workers resumed protected strike action this week following the collapse of wage negotiations. The Sugar Manufacturing and Refining Employers’ Association has offered a 5.4-percent wage increase. SAFTU’s Asive Dyani rejects the narrative that workers must once again sacrifice because the industry faces economic challenges: