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GroundUp reports that dozens of City of Cape Town employees marched to the Civic Centre in Cape Town on Friday to demand permanent employment and the right to join unions.
“We want the City to hire workers permanently and stop using labour brokers,” said Prince Nyovu, deputy chairperson of the Expanded Public Works Programme (EPWP) steering committee. The EPWP is an initiative of the Western Cape Government and the National Department of Public Works that provides temporary work opportunities to unemployed and unskilled individuals. MyCiTi bus drivers also took part in the march demanding that drivers be insourced. “EPWP employees work on a temporary basis and get R80 per day without benefits. Other City workers who do the same job as them get R350 and benefits,” Nyovu claimed. He also claimed that EPWP workers sometimes do not get issued with safety gear such as face masks, gloves and overalls. The memorandum presented also demanded that the City allow EPWP staff to join trade unions of their choice and that workers be hired long enough for them to acquire skills which they can use in future jobs.
- Read the full original report by Vincent Lali at GroundUp
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