Electricity workers in
Swaziland defied a court order on Monday (5 November 2017) and went on strike
in a dispute over pay bonuses.
Swaziland Electricity
Company (SEC) workers in the Swaziland Electricity Supply Maintenance and
Allied Workers Union (SESMAWU) are complaining that bonuses owed over the past
two years are unpaid.
The Industrial Court banned the
strike saying that SEC employees provided an essential service.
The strike took place
without the backing of the SESMAWU leadership. It started at 9 am and reportedly
ended at about 3pm.
The SEC is a parastatal
that is controlled by the government of King Mswati III who rules Swaziland as
sub-Saharan Africa’s last absolute monarch.
The Swazi Government has halted all bonus payments
in about 50 public enterprises, including the University of Swaziland (UNISWA),
Swaziland Railway, Public Service Pension Fund (PSPF), Swaziland Electricity
Company (SEC) and Swaziland Water Services Corporation (SWSC).
See also
SWAZILAND
IN TOP TEN WORST FOR WORKERS
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