By Simon Nare
The SA Federation of Trade Unions has called for workers to unite and fight anti-labour laws, austerity measures and proposed Draft Code Amendments, which it argues will lead to workers being dismissed at the whim of employers.
As the country celebrated Workers’ Day, Saftu general secretary Zwelinzima Vavi pleaded with the working class to rise up and defend their rights, saying employees were under siege.
Vavi said workers were facing brutal austerity measures, which were ripping apart communities while corporate profiteering was driving hunger and homelessness.
“The bosses and their government are not stopping at VAT. They are unleashing a direct assault on worker rights through vicious Labour Law Amendments and a Draft Code of Good Practice on Dismissal. These are not ‘technical changes’, they are rather a blatant declaration of war on the working classs,” he warned on Thursday.
Vavi warned if these proposals were implemented,
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