Electricty 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
SWAZILAND
IN TOP TEN WORST FOR WORKERS
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