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Friday November 09, 2012 13:12 by Commercial, Stevedoring, Agricultural & Allied Workers Union - CSAAWU
The Leeuwenkuil farm in Agter-Paarl, Cape Town – one of largest farms in the Western Cape, which produces wine and olives, is one instance of the ongoing intimidation and attacks against workers by bosses on the farms. Here, the farmer, Willie Dreyer, is denying workers’ rights to freedom of association and freedom of speech. The farmer has intimidated workers by dismissing shop stewards and laying false charges of attempted murder against two farm workers, Amos White and Patrick Philander, and charges of assault against CSAAWU’s Assistant General Secretary, Karel Swart. The union has been denied access to the farm on weekends and after hours in the week on a number of occasions. We maintain that workers must be able to meet with any organization or person they choose to in their own time. It should not be the prerogative of the farmer to control workers’ own time and who they can and cannot meet. Workers demand that they are treated as human beings, not slaves; that they are respected; that they have enough to live a decent life. Workers’ demands are modest and humble. They are not big, fancy demands, but they are big demands under a system that treats workers as tools for profit; they are big demands under a system that treats workers as the property of farmers; they are big demands under a system where workers everywhere are forced to suffer starvation wages; they are big demands under a system that takes workers’ blood and sweat for the gain of others. |
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Jump To Comment: 1 2 35 worker leaders suspended at Leeuwenkuil farm after workers action yesterday. Workers are refusing to return to work until the suspension is dropped. Leewenkuil farm has already laid criminal charges against 2 workers and CSAAWU official and banned the union from the farm. Stop victimising our leaders! Join us in solidarity at 10am on leeuwenkuil farm. Call CSAAWU on 0729913371 for further details
Coms, any updated info on this struggle?
This from CSAAWU's Facebook page, "All false criminal charges dropped against Leeuwenkuil workers! Now to struggle for reinstatement of cdes Amos and Patrick and to build strong workers organisation to defend workers against victimisation and intimidation at the hands of bosses!"