Strike against Ceres Fruit Growers over

The industrial action against by the Farm Food and Allied Workers Union (FAWU) against Ceres Fruit Growers is over.

Ceres Fruit Growers (CFG) managing director, Francois Malan says that he is grateful and relieved that an agreement was reached last night which puts an end to the crippling six weeks long strike action. We acknowledge the pivotal role played by the CCMA Commissioners and the Senior leadership of FAWU in forging this deal. We have a big challenge to get our operations back on track and to get to work.

Ceres workers are more than R7 million poorer because of the unprotected strike and this action has also cost CFG and its growers about R10 million. We will assess the material damage caused to our business in due course, but more importantly, we need to re-establish a good working relationship with all our staff."