THOUSANDS of South Africans are expected to stay away from work on Friday, 7 October in honour of the International Day for Decent Work.
The Congress of South African Trade Unions (Cosatu) has called on South Africans to join in the action.
“We are reiterating our call for South African workers to join millions of other workers across the world to mark the International Day for Decent Work on Friday, 7 October. The struggle for decent work is not an event but it’s ongoing, and 7 October is a day chosen by workers internationally as a day where there will be simultaneous activities based on the burning issues affecting workers in various countries,” read a statement by the organisation.
“The central focus in South Africa will be the economy and jobs as manifested in the continued rising costs of living, which mainly affects workers. Among the issues we will be tackling in this context will be a demand for accessible, affordable, safe and reliable public transport and the immediate scrapping of e-tolls. Over and above this, we will be raising the demand for the total banning of labour brokers as a form of modern day slavery. This will also include a demand that the economic and labour market chapter in the national development plan should be overhauled now.
“Cosatu is concerned about the replacement of the commitment to developing integrated public transport networks by e -tolls. We are following up on reports which point to the fact that e-tolls have been overpriced by a whopping 321%, when compared to road construction pricing systems around the world.”
Among Cosatu’s demands are the banning of the labour brokers; the implementation of a legislated national minimum wage; compliance with occupational health and safety standards in all workplaces and the implementation of free education.
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