SACTWU is locked in wage disputes with textile industry

The textile industry is being rocked by wage disputes. COSATU-affiliated Southern African Clothing & Textile Workers’ Union says they have declared 18 wage disputes affecting above 70,000 workers. The union accuses involved companies of using the COVID-19 crisis to rob workers of what they say is rightfully theirs. Negotiations in the affected sectors are currently underway. The union says the dispute has been resolved in the home textiles sector. Fachmy Abrahams from the South African Clothing and Textile Workers Union provides more on this.