Women's rights are being disregarded in the contract cleaning sector, and a strike for better wages will continue until demands are met, a union said on Wednesday.

“These people work long hours, use chemicals which could lead to lung problems, have no maternity leave, no provident fund and absolutely no benefits. In this day and age that is unacceptable,” the SA Transport and Allied Workers' Union (Satawu) said.

About 85 percent of Satawu workers in the ongoing strike were women, some of them single parents, national spokeswoman Mamokgethi Molopyane said.

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