LISTEN: Saftu vows to intensify struggle against minimum wage
The South African Federation of Trade Unions (Saftu) says it
will shut down city centres across the country for two to three days.
This forms part of the federation’s fight against the proposed national minimum wage and amendments to Basic Conditions of Employment Act.
Thousands of Saftu members and affiliates shut down the Johannesburg city centre in April, demanding a minimum wage of R12 500.
The Federation maintains a minimum wage of R3 500 per month is a slap in the face of the working class.
They also argue the amendments to the Basic Conditions of Employment Act is aimed at the right of workers to strike.
“We have called on workers to consider a two to three more days of a total shutdown of the economy. This time the working class as a whole will occupy all city centres and refuse to leave until the president and Parliament agree to scrap all these labour bills,” Saftu General-secretary Zwelinzima Vavi told a media briefing in Johannesburg on Thursday.
This forms part of the federation’s fight against the proposed national minimum wage and amendments to Basic Conditions of Employment Act.
Thousands of Saftu members and affiliates shut down the Johannesburg city centre in April, demanding a minimum wage of R12 500.
The Federation maintains a minimum wage of R3 500 per month is a slap in the face of the working class.
They also argue the amendments to the Basic Conditions of Employment Act is aimed at the right of workers to strike.
“We have called on workers to consider a two to three more days of a total shutdown of the economy. This time the working class as a whole will occupy all city centres and refuse to leave until the president and Parliament agree to scrap all these labour bills,” Saftu General-secretary Zwelinzima Vavi told a media briefing in Johannesburg on Thursday.