Municipal waste management company Pikitup workers who had embarked on a three-week strike have been suspended. Employees were served with suspension letters from the management on Wednesday.

Workers had embarked on a strike because of measures that the company has introduced. These include the suspension of working half days on pay day and a lack of transport to take workers to and from work.

Affected areas included Blairgowrie, Bordeaux, Linden Extension, Darrenwood, Midrand, Diepsloot, Ivory Park, Windsor, Bryanston, Northriding and others.

Pikitup Communications Manager Pansy Oyedele says: “No the strike is not over and I’m saying that because there has been no strike at all at Pikitup.

“What has been happening with the current action is that the department of Labour came to Pikitup and confirmed that whenever you transport workers safely to their site, there are certain standards which must be meet with regard to the trucks as they are currently. They are not safe and they are not in compliance. Pikitup decided to suspend workers and ignore that notice by the department of Labour,” says Oyedele.
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