Cape Argus reports that ten thousand Cosatu workers are expected to descend on Cape Town’s city centre on Friday as they embark on a strike to mark International Day for Decent Work.
Cosatu workers are calling for a number of things, including a minimum wage, decent working conditions, adequate public transport and the implementation of the National Health Insurance. In their demands that they will be handing over to Parliament, the union calls on “the rich” to come forward and take responsibility for funding free education. Cosatu provincial secretary Tony Ehrenreich stressed the strike was a legal one and said they were expecting around 10,000 Cosatu-affiliated workers to participate.
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