Fin24 reports that Cosatu handed a memorandum of demands to the Deputy Speaker of Parliament Lechesa Tsenoli during the labour federation’s strike and march for decent work on Friday.
Tsenoli indicated that the memorandum would be circulated at Parliament, where many of the issues raised were already subjects of discussion at committees. One example is the issue of a national minimum wage, which Cosatu wants to be set at R4,500 a month. Leaders from the ANC Youth League, the SA Municipal Workers Union and the SA Communist Party were among those throwing their weight behind Cosatu's demands.
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