ELECTRICITY WORKERS WIN PAY STRIKE

Electricity workers in Swaziland won their dispute over unpaid pay bonuses after striking for fewer than two days.

 

Swaziland Electricity Company (SEC) workers are expected to be paid within days. The bonuses had been owed from the past two financial years.

The strike by members of the Swaziland Electricity Supply Maintenance and Allied Workers Union (SESMAWU) started on Monday (8 November 2017). There were widespread electricity blackouts across the kingdom.

Workers defied an Industrial Court order not to strike. The court ruled strike action illegal because SEC employees were deemed to be essential workers.

The strike went ahead despite leaders of SESMAWU asking them to call it off or be in contempt of the court.

See also

ELECTRICITY WORKERS DEFY COURT, STRIKE

http://swazimedia.blogspot.co.uk/2017/11/electricity-workers-defy-court-strike.html

SWAZILAND IN TOP TEN WORST FOR WORKERS

http://swazimedia.blogspot.co.uk/2015/06/kingdom-in-top-ten-worst-for-workers.html

ELECTRICITY WORKERS DEFY COURT, STRIKE

Electricity workers in Swaziland defied a court order on Monday (5 November 2017) and went on strike in a dispute over pay bonuses.

Many parts of the kingdom were reportedly left without power.

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

http://swazimedia.blogspot.co.uk/2015/06/kingdom-in-top-ten-worst-for-workers.html