ANA reports that the SA Municipal Workers’ Union (Samwu) is mobilising its members to join Cosatu’s national one-day strike on Friday, 7 October 2016, during the International Day of Action. The labour federation will be demanding an outright ban on labour brokers, the scrapping of the e-tolling system and a concerted drive in defence of jobs and against retrenchments. Samwu will be demanding the end of casualisation of work, particularly in local government.
- Read this report by Molaole Montsho in full at Business Report
- Read Samwu’s press statement at Samwu online
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