Cape Town - Trade union representatives will today formally oppose a black economic empowerment (BEE) plan to franchise supermarkets in Pick ‘n Pay Stores’ loss making Score chain.
The retailer said it intended to rebrand and franchise a significant number of outlets in the 127-store Score chain as part of a plan to create opportunities for black entrepreneurs. Under the plan, the supermarkets will be renamed Pick ‘n Pay Family Stores.
But today the SA Commercial, Catering & Allied Workers’ Union (Saccawu) will make a submission before the Commission for Conciliation, Mediation and Arbitration asking that staff conditions of employment remain the same as they are under Score.
Saccawu negotiating co-ordinator Khulekani Ngubane said staff at franchised stores, or Family Stores, were paid less than at Score.
On top of this, Ngubane said the plan to sell supermarkets to black franchisees would only “make the rich richer.
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