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Daily News reports that the SA Public Service Union (Sapsu), which is leading strikes at public hospitals in Durban this week, has vowed to carry on with its protest.
Demanding that temporary workers at government institutions be given permanent jobs, workers at Mahatma Gandhi, King Dinizulu and King Edward hospitals went on strike on Wednesday. Led by Zwelinzima Vavi, the union marched to city hall on Wednesday to hand over a memorandum to the KwaZulu-Natal Premier. They are fighting for amendments to Section 198 of the Labour Relations Act to be enforced. According to the union, they provide that workers whose jobs are not time-based, and who have been working for more than three months, should be made permanent staff members. The union says the issue is not only in respect of hospitals, but for other departments in the government as well.
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