One worker has been in hospital since Monday. Clover workers have been on strike since November.
Three striking workers were attacked on Monday evening at a Clover plant in Clayville, Ekurhuleni. A joint statement on Monday evening by the General Industrial Workers’ Union of South Africa (GIWUSA) and the Food and Allied Workers’ Union (FAWU) said two taxis and a private car arrived at the Clayville factory around 6pm and the striking workers were attacked. One of the workers was «beaten badly» outside the factory. The other two workers «were taken into the factory where they were assaulted», the unions said. A worker who was present at the scene said the two workers were only released after the police and an ambulance arrived hours later. The three workers were taken to Tembisa hospital. Two have been released. «I took one of the injured workers [beaten inside the factory] to Tembisa hospital… He is seriously injured and still in hospital.
