The Food and Allied Workers Union (FAWU), who represents the workers, is demanding a 15% wage increase, while KLF is offering 8%. Over 1500 workers are involved in the strike at all three of KLF’s plantations in Limpopo, Mpumalanga and KwaZulu-Natal and the company fears that more hectares could be burnt.
Read the full story in the 20 July issue of FW.