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Cosatu is planning marches and pickets across South Africa on Wednesday, October 7, as part of a nationwide protest aimed at highlighting job losses, rising living costs and what the federation describes as attacks on workers’ rights.
The nationwide action was timed to coincide with World Day for Decent Work, an annual global observance focused on promoting fair wages, secure employment and better working conditions for workers.
Cosatu is planning major actions in Johannesburg and Tshwane, targeting Massmart over the dismissal of nearly 600 Makro workers. The federation will deliver memorandums to Massmart.
Cosatu and its affiliate SACCAWU will also march to Sun City in the North West and GrandWest Casino in Cape Town over planned retrenchments by Sun International.
In Limpopo, Cosatu will hold a lunchtime demonstration at Jumbo Stores in Polokwane, focusing on the rising cost of living, electricity prices, minimum-wage compliance and alleged unfair labour practices.
In the Free State, Cosatu will hold a provincial march in Bloemfontein, with memorandums on worker concerns to be handed to various government departments and companies.
Affiliate unions are also planning various actions in KwaZulu-Natal, Richards Bay and Mpumalanga.
The National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) will hold a picket at Richards Bay Minerals, where workers will hand over a memorandum outlining various workplace grievances.
The Democratic Nursing Organisation of South Africa (DENOSA) will hold a march in Durban, while SACCAWU will stage workplace pickets in several KwaZulu-Natal towns.
In Mpumalanga, the South African Municipal Workers’ Union (SAMWU) will hold municipal pickets focusing on socio-economic and labour challenges in local government.
Among its national demands, Cosatu is calling for stronger enforcement of the National Minimum Wage and the appointment of 10,000 additional labour inspectors. The federation is also raising concerns about retrenchments, casualisation, collective bargaining, social protection and the rising cost of living.
The protected action is scheduled to take place from about 9am to 4.30pm.
Wednesday’s protest action is protected under Section 77 of the Labour Relations Act.
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