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Date: 19 September 2020
Media release: immediate
SACTWU WELCOMES RESUMPTION OF UIF COVID-19 TERS BENEFIT PAYMENTS
The COSATU-affiliated Southern African Clothing & Textile Workers’ Union (SACTWU) welcomes the announcement of this morning by the Unemployment Insurance Fund (UIF) that COVID-19 TERS benefit payments will be resumed on Monday.
This is after a 2 week suspension of payments by the UIF, to effect corrections to weaknesses in its payments processes.
This resumption of payments is very important for tens of thousands of our members, to help to alleviate the severe hardships which the necessary but unexpected COVID-19 lockdown conditions have imposed on them.
We urge the UIF to prioritise the huge number of payment backlogs for the May and subsequent applications.
We also call for April under- and non-payments to be resolved as speedily as possible.
These backlogs and its non-payment have resulted in very serious shop floor instability, through no fault of employees nor employers.
In many instances, it had caused unprocedural industrial action which in some instances have resulted in the unacceptable consequential mass dismissals of workers.
In addition, the vulnerabilities of workers regarding this unacceptable state of affairs is being opportunistically exploited by some who only have the promotion of their self- and political interests at heart.
All workers now deserve to be paid their outstanding UIF COVID-19 TERS benefits as speedily as possible.
Issued by
André Kriel
SACTWU
GENERAL SECRETARY
Membinkosi Villina, SACTWU Deputy General Secretary, on cell number 081 585 3798
Bonita Loubser, SACTWU 1st National Organising Secretary, on cell number 082 800 7142
Michael Shabalala, SACTWU 2nd National Organising Secretary on cell number 081 782 3753
