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The Star reports that labour federation Cosatu has blasted its alliance partner the ANC, accusing it of having failed SA Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) workers and those employed in other struggling state-owned companies.
This came as the federation and the SA Communist party (SACP) threw their weight behind strike action by SABC workers against retrenchment plans at the public broadcaster. The SABC is planning to retrench more than 300 workers by the end of March as part of cutting costs and doing away with what management calls redundant posts which do not fit in with the newly trimmed newsroom structure. But employees and their unions have rejected the move. According to the Communication Workers Union (CWU), a Cosatu affiliate, strike action on Friday will include a temporary media blackout. Cosatu’s national spokesperson Sizwe Pamla accused the ANC government of “leading the charge when it comes to destroying jobs”. He said: “This government is supposed to be exemplary in protecting workers and creating new jobs. These retrenchments are not just going to destroy workers' lives and those of their families, but they are going to weaken what is a very vital institution of our democracy.” The SABC has indicated that the “no work, no pay” principle will apply during the strike and that it has made contingency plans to ensure that broadcasting continues.
- Read the full original of the report in the above regard by Siviwe Feketha at Independent Media
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