Strike by council staff starts to bite
Rubbish bags and bins piled up in some parts of Cape Town yesterday as the municipal strike went into its second day. Members of the South African Municipal Workers Unionclaim council bosses handled disciplinary processes unfairly, black employees were discriminated against and pregnant fire-fighters lost financial benefits.The city said yesterday it would not talk to Samwu until the strike was ended unconditionally.About 5000 strikers are expected to march to the c ivic c entre today to hand over a memorandum of demands.Residents have started feeling the pinch as garbage piles up. So far 49 suburbs have not had their rubbish collected.Len Swimmer, Greater Cape Town Civic Alliance chairman, said the parties should resolve their differences by dialogue."No one wins, the city, the employees and the residents."..
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