28/08/2025
Publication: SWF
Author: Press Writer
Today's SWF protest outside the Australian High Commission in Pretoria.
The protest is against Brambles, the parent company of pallet and container-making giant, Chep.
Workers at Chep-SA's Jet Park warehouse have been on a protected strike since 21 August. The Brambles subsidiary is breaking the law by refusing to make the workers permanent, even though they have been in the job for far longer than 3 months (in one case, 18 years).
The Brambles subsidiary company, Chep-SA, insists that the workers are the permanent employees of the labour broker, even though they already lost this case in court.
"Brambles is a bloodsucker, mate" - because workers earn as little as R9000 per month while the Brambles CEO earns over R100 million a year.