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'DON'TBUYmeatthathasan Enterpriselabelonit',saySweet FoodandAlliedWorkers'Union members dismissed from Kanhym'sPretoriaplant . They'relaunchingaboycottofall productsdistributedbyKanhym, whichincludesEnterprisemeats, sausagesandpolony,andallmeat withtheKanhymlabel . Kanhym,whichisownedbyGen- cor,fired150workersinFebruary afterastrikeoverretrenchment procedures . Afterworkersweresuddenlytold theplantwouldbecloneddown, theywentonstriketopressurisethe managementintoreachingacom promisesettlement,andwerefired . Theyseethisasacrudeattemptto resolvetheretrenchmentproblem . "Throughtheboycottweare goingtoforceKanhymtorecognise itssocialobligations",saida SFAWUofficial . Thecompany mustknowthatthey'renottheonly peoplewitharighttolive . peoplewitharighttolive .

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'DON'T BUY meat that has anEnterprise label on it', say SweetFood and Allied Workers' Unionmembers

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fromKanhym's Pretoria plant .They're launching a boycott of allproducts distributed by Kanhym,which includes Enterprise meats,sausages and polony, and all meatwith the Kanhym label .Kanhym, which is owned by Gen-

cor, fired 150 workers in Februaryafter a strike over retrenchmentprocedures .After workers were suddenly toldthe plant would be cloned down,they went on strike to pressurise themanagement into reaching a compromise settlement, and were fired .They see this as a crude attempt toresolve the retrenchment problem ." Through the boycott we are

going to force Kanhym to recogniseits social obligations", said aSFAWU official . The companymust know that they're not the onlypeople with a right to live.people with a right to live .