Striking Durban refuse workers issued warnings
Durban Solid Waste workers who embarked on an illegal protest in the city centre yesterday will have to face the music.
eThekwini says the employees - who were supposed to return to work yesterday - will be given a second warning and then dismissed if they continue with demonstrations. The workers want permanent jobs.
But Deputy Mayor, Fawzia Peer says that's not financially possible at this stage.
"According to the agreement, they were supposed to go back to work and they did not. So a warning has been given to them. If they do the same thing, a second warning will be issued. Thereafter, they will be dismissed. They are temporary staff and cannot bring the council to a halt as far as garbage collection is concerned. We have tourists here in town and this is not acceptable," she says.
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Protestors threw refuse on roads and pavements in town yesterday, a day after eThekwini released a statement saying an agreement had been reached to end demonstrations at the weekend.