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Article

11 Dec 2017

Author:
Jackie Clausen, Times Live (South Africa)

So. Africa: Labour union members protest against alleged strip searching of female workers accused of theft by linen and textile companies in Durban

"Cosatu members protest after Durban company strips female workers naked", 6 Dec 2017

A Durban fashion company has apologised for stripping female workers naked on suspicions of theft when they knocked off duty. RS Fashions’ representative‚ Linda Nxasana‚ told a handful of Cosatu [Confederation of South African Trade Unions] members who marched to the company’s premises on Wednesday that the stripping incident had happened only once. “The employer is apologising about what happened. It happened only once and [the employer] is promising that this will never happen [again]‚” she said...Cosatu’s provincial secretary Edwin Mkhize said the company had first denied that workers had been stripped naked‚ but later admitted that it had happened once...He said Cosatu will have constant meetings with the company‚ which employs more than 300 workers...From RS Fashions‚ Cosatu members took their protest to another linen and textile company also accused of strip searching its workers.