"After numerous attempts to resolve this dispute and almost one year later there is still no resolution in sight, thus Saccawu members at Pick n Pay are preparing for strike," it said.
Saccawu expects the majority of its 27 000 members to join the industrial action.
"On October 26 the parties will meet at the CCMA to conclude on picket rules for strike action, while at the same time members are preparing a series of ten mass protest marches throughout the country, where a memorandum will be handed over to the company," said the union.
In Gauteng workers will stage a march on October 28, where members and supporters will deliver a memorandum of demands at the Chris Hani Crossing newly opened store in Vosloorus. The memorandum will be delivered at 1.45pm.
Nine other marches will take place throughout the country on 29 October.
Members are demanding a R550 per month increase or 12% 'whichever is greater', a 10% staff discount on basic food stuff, 120 hours per month guaranteed for variable time employees, a one-year wage agreement, an end in the use of labour brokers and the establishment of a Centralised Bargaining Forum for the retail sector.
'We call on our allies and the public in general to support this industrial action by not crossing the picket-line and not shopping at Pick n Pay until the dispute is resolved. Should this dispute become further protracted we will mobilise the community and call a consumer boycott of Pick n Pay,' said the union.
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