{"id":42283,"date":"2020-05-21T14:26:47","date_gmt":"2020-05-21T12:26:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/swartlandgazette\/strike-action-at-two-a-day-20200521\/"},"modified":"2025-03-21T14:46:03","modified_gmt":"2025-03-21T12:46:03","slug":"strike-action-at-two-a-day-20200521","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/swartlandgazette\/strike-action-at-two-a-day-20200521\/","title":{"rendered":"Strike action at Two-a-Day"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><span style=\"font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:'Times New Roman PS';\">A worker at Two-a-Day in<br>\nGrabouw said this morning in a social media post, \u201cWe\u2019re not striking, we\u2019re<br>\njust standing in front of the gate because we don\u2019t want to work under these conditions.<br>\nEverybody knows there\u2019s been a positive case of Covid-19 here.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:'Times New Roman PS';\">The &nbsp;store received confirmation on Saturday<br>\nevening, 16 May &nbsp;of a positive &nbsp;testing. According to Two-a-Day\u2019s Human<br>\nResources Director, Dimitri Jacobs, the company immediately implemented the <span style=\"font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:'Times New Roman PS';\">protocols &nbsp;required by the Department of Health\/NCID and &nbsp;Department of Labour.&nbsp;<span style=\"font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:'Times New Roman PS';\"><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:'Times New Roman PS';mso-bidi-font-family:'Times New Roman PS';\">\u201c<span style=\"font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:'Times New Roman PS';\">The positive case is<br>\nself-isolating, and his close contacts have been identified and are currently<br>\nin quarantine. The Department of Health is in contact with them, and we are<br>\nalso following-up and enquiring after their<span style=\"font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;\"> <span style=\"font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:'Times New Roman PS';\">emotional state on a daily basis. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:'Times New Roman PS';mso-bidi-font-family:'Times New Roman PS';\">\u201cWe<br>\nclosed the workplace on Sunday and decontaminated the whole premises, after<br>\nwhich we sent the deep-cleaning certificate to the Department of Labour and<br>\nEmployment after which we were allowed to resume<span style=\"font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;\"> <span style=\"font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:'Times New Roman PS';\">operations Monday.&nbsp; <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:'Times New Roman PS';mso-bidi-font-family:'Times New Roman PS';\">\u201cUnfortunately,<br>\nsome of our employees put forward demands that are contradictory to what the<br>\nlaw requires, and are not practically implementable. For example, they want all<br>\nemployees to be tested on site, which is not<span style=\"font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;\">&nbsp;<span style=\"font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:'Times New Roman PS';\">necessary, and also not in accordance with<br>\nthe guidelines received from the health department in terms of dealing with<br>\npositive cases. Some demanded that we close the business for more than a week,<br>\nwhich is also not practical<br>\nor reasonable. There are also other demands that are unlawful.  <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p> <span style=\"font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:'Times New Roman PS';\">\u201cThe union, SAUWOLIMO [<span style=\"font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:'Times New Roman PS';mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;color:#4D5156;background:white;\">South African United<br>\nWorkers\u2019 Liberation Movement]<span style=\"font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:'Times New Roman PS';\">, &nbsp;came and addressed their members, and some &nbsp;employees returned to their workstations. Some<br>\ndecided not to return<br>\nto their workstations and the company issued a lockout notice yesterday, 20 May,<br>\nin response to the unprotected strike action. The majority of our employees<br>\nhave, in the meantime, reported for duty. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:'Times New Roman PS';\">\u201cAll those <span style=\"font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:'Times New Roman PS';\">employees who have not<br>\nreported for duty &nbsp;yet will be allowed to<br>\ndo so tonight and tomorrow. 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