Workers salute Tito Mboweni for changing the labour market regime

By Simon Nare

Labour federations have hailed the late Tito Mboweni for the role he played in ensuring that workers rights were recognised while he was South Africa’s first labour minister.

Workers were forever indebted to Mboweni for all the rights young workers took for granted today, SA Federation of Trade Unions general secretary Zwelinzima Vavi said on Sunday.

He said that Mboweni would always have a special place in the hearts of the millions of South African workers as he was the pioneer of the current labour market regime.

“He understood the commitments made by the Bill of Rights in our Constitution, which enshrined workers’ rights such as the right to belong to and establish unions, the right to collective bargaining with employers, the right to strike when disputes cannot be resolved through negotiations, and the right to negotiate union security agreements… ,” Vavi said in a statement.

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