Makro and Game owner still reeling from July unrest as it continues to count losses
Massmart lost two large Makro stores, while another 41 stores suffered significant damage because of the unrest.
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Massmart lost two large Makro stores, while another 41 stores suffered significant damage because of the unrest.
UNI Global Union affiliate in South Africa, SACCAWU, has called off a near three-week strike at Walmart-subsidiary Massmart, after concluding an agreement that has won a pay rise and secured a deal to re-employ over 300 retrenched workers. Ending the strike on 6 December, which included days of mass mobilizations across the country, SACCAWU reached a settlement with the retail
A job reinstatement programme for Game employees and a wage increase for Builders Warehouses employees were some of the major settlement agreement points.
Barring two large retailers in South Africa, the broader retail industry has mostly tiptoed around the issue of mandating its workers to be vaccinated against Covid-19 while the country is in the throes of a fourth wave of infections. Barring two large retailers in South Africa, the broader ret...