Africa-Press – Eswatini. Dumsani Mavuso, an employee at FeedMaster says their employer has reduced their salaries from 10c to 5c per-bag without consulting them.
On Monday evening, Mavuso said the money amounts to sixty Rands(R60.00)per-day if they managed to pack more than one thousand-two hundred(1200) bags.
“Transport is R20.00 per day and that means we work for R40.00, while for others its R40.00 and this means they are are working for a mere R20.00 per day”, he said.
The Management of the company has been avoiding to comment on the matter.
It has been disclosed that after the press exposed the plight of the workers in April 2022, the Management rushed to increase the salaries for one affected department but reduced same for casual employees to balance their cash flow.
Reached for comments, Wander Mkhonza, the Secretary General of the Amalgamated Trade Union of Swaziland(ATUSWA) said in terms of the Manufacturing Industry Wages Order, it’s clear that FeedMaster was underpaying the employees.
”Even the 10c per-bag was an underpayment and this is a serious offense.We urge employees to unite themselves by joining trade unions so that they can collectively fight this. The employer must be forced to pay back the money as it is clear that the employees were underpaid,” said the ATUSWA Secretary General.
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