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EMPLOYERS ARE now usingforce to stop sit-ins .Police, using dogs and teargas,were called in to evict workers froma Germiston factory recently, afterearlier attempts to break the l2 daysit-in had failed.The workers some from two com-panies, operating from the samepremises: Pan African Shopfitters,organised by Paper Wood andAllied Workers' Union, and GBEngineering, organised by Mawu .The dispute began when manage-
ment announced it was going to cutthe workforce from 300 to 100people.When management refused tobudge from its decision, the work-
opted for a sit-in .
The sit-in began on March 6, andmanagement immmediately dismissed
the worker. Workers refusedto leave .For two weeks they sat tight in theface of management's manor was.But on March 18 management cal-
led the police in .Workers say about 200 police wereused to drive the workers out of theplant, using dogs and teargas .One of the workers is now facingcharges under the Internal SecurityAcT, for allegedly possessing a pet-rol bomb .
After long negotiations, most ofthose arrested were released on8200 bail. Now they've waiting trial00 charges of arson and maliciousdamage to company property .
