The protest actions by workers of the Uitvlugt sugar estate factory continued yesterday morning but they were dispersed by the police.
“The workers who continued their legitimate and peaceful protest actions were … confronted by a contingent of police officers who instructed them to end their activity. We find this development to be most disturbing as it seems attempts are being made to trample on the rights of the workers. While we are unsure of how the police arrived at the scene, the workers were most upset that their peaceful activity was abruptly and forcibly terminated. In recent times, we have seen an enhanced police presence at protest activities involving sugar workers and we cannot ignore that a certain trend is emerging.
We certainly hope that security services are being utilized to minimize workers voices as they seek to have their rights and gains respected”, GAWU said in a statement yesterday.
