Protest action continues at TUT
Students and workers from the Outsourcing Must Fall campaign at the Tshwane University of Technology have continued their protest action on Monday, despite the agreement announced last week.
Outsourcing Must Fall leader Vusi Mahlangu says the agreement reached with trade union Nehawu last week does not represent the workers.
"Workers will remain on strike until university management takes them seriously. Nehawu does not represent any of the workers who are on protest," he said.
Last week TUT announced it had agreed to insource workers over a period of three years with a minimum entry level wage of R5000.
Some of the workers have rejected the offer.
TUT spokesperson Willa De Ruyter said they recognise Nehawu as the official representative of the workers, hence an agreement was reached with the union.
"We are aware of the group called the Outsourcing Must Fall representatives, but there is protocol that these students need to take [into account], which is to come to us through the student representative council" she said.
Mahlangu said efforts to have management meet the workers directly have been unsuccessful an that the workers would continue the protest until management meets with them.
Public order police have been deployed to the TUT main campus in Pretoria West to monitor the ongoing protest.
De Ruyter said the campus would remain open for students and stuff despite the protest.
Photo: TUT website
Edited by Sune du Toit