TRADE union federation COSATU has warned government against undermining collective bargaining and the multi-year wage agreement.
The labour federation’s president Zingiswa Losi, addressing May Day celebrations in Johannesburg, said government’s hostile stance against workers could destabilise labour relations in South Africa.
“We will not allow government and employers to destroy collective bargaining,” said Losi.
“Workers have the right to a living wage. We will not allow government and employers to destroy collective bargaining. The real reasons why government’s finances are in a crisis is because politicians and their friends have looted it to the point of collapse.”
She said it is politicians and their friends and family who have destroyed the country’s State-Owned Enterprises.
“It is business who have robbed SARS of billions. Now government wants to dump the bill for corruption on nurses earning R186000 per annum. This is the height of immorality,” said Losi.
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