The south african municipal workers union samwu is mobilising its members to join the cosatu national strike on the 7th october 2016. Teachers and hospital staff struck for three weeks despite police harassment of picket lines and a series of court interdicts to prevent police, soldiers and nurses from striking 1. Business leadership south africa blsa has endorsed the national strike called by trade federation cosatu and urged businesses to allow employees to exercise their right to demonstrate. Business organisations also expressed concern yesterday about the high costs of the tolls, and called on the government to delay their implementation. The ancsanralgovernment can stick etoll up their backsides. Cosatu is engaged in a dispute with its ally, the african national congress, on scrapping e tolling on gauteng highways. The congress of south african trade unions cosatu in the eastern cape said it is ready for the nationwide strike called on by the federation on wednesday cosatu and its affiliates said they will embark on the national strike over job losses, state capture and corruption. The labour union federation has already served the national economic development and labour council nedlac with the required notice to ensure that its members and the broader public are protected to participate in the. Cosatu and the sacp called on workers, anc supporters and even cabinet members to join their march on today against state capture and president jacob zuma. Issued by cosatu the congress of south african trade unions is mobilizing its two million members for the mother of all protests against the act of highway robbery set to be committed from 30 april 2012 the gauteng etolls. The huge strike in august by south african public sector workers brought the number of strike days in 2010 to the highest ever. On behalf of the cec of cosatu, please receive warm and revolutionary greetings, fellow workers and compatriots. Nedlac has confirmed that cosatu has complied with s77 of the labour relations act, no 66 of 1995 lra in serving the necessary notices on nedlac.
In february 2012, a businessdriven civil action group called outa the. Cosatu is planning protest action and a national strike for 27 september. Im not a cosatu member but ill be joining them in protest. Global business solutions a leading labour law human resource.
The federation has threatened to shut down the country as it marches on city halls banks the. Cosatu lays charges against metrorail with cape town police. Cosatu, neoliberalisation and the right to strike1 scholarly. The congress of south african trade unions and the national council of trade unions have reluctantly agreed to postpone the national strike action against labour brokering planned for wednesday 5 october 2011. This is what you need to know about cosatus protest march. The strike started after members forced their leaders to reject governments. The court set aside the decision to toll and the transport ministers approval of the project. Cosatu calls on all workers to withdraw their labour and. On the advice of workers, we are calling off the strike actions in all areas, so that workers can evaluate the victories that they have gained, and plan more carefully for the way forward. Its reintroduction reflects a fundamental attack not only on the right to strike but also on collective bargaining cosatu, 2012.
The activities on 7 october 2016 will therefore constitute protected protest action and will not be a strike, despite cosatu calling it such. Zuma under fire as south african unions call antigraft strike. In contrast, critics of cosatus etolling and labour broking protests. Cosatu march against labor brokers and etolls in cape town. Cosatu has vowed to continue its fight against the userpays principle on gauteng freeways until the government listens to the people. Cosatu plans national strike against state capture. The third protest would be held on march 7, the anniversary of cosatu s nationwide strike against e tolling and labour broking last year. Bargaining indicators 2014 to face resistance from both trade. According to business day live anon 20 22% of south african.
The south african democratic teachers union sadtu on wednesday announced that it will join the nationwide strike called on by the congress of south african trade unions cosatu next week cosatu on tuesday said that it was ready for the national strike over job losses, state capture and corruption on 27 september. Cosatu to continue fight against etolls the citizen. The cosatu and the sacp mass strike against corruption has began across the country. Cosatu strike is currently underway in south africas nine provinces which it billed as a march against state capture. The congress of south african trade unions cosatu has called for a nationwide strike to take place on wednesday, september 27. Cosatu etoll march contradicts earlier stance fin24. Cosatu provincial leader phutas tseki denied the union federation was calling for similar violence at the e toll protests. The congress of south african trade unions mourn the death of isithwalandwe cde denis goldberg, an antiapartheid campaigner and a recipient of the isithwalandwe. Cosatu pleads with ramaphosa and makhura to sort etolls out. Institutional power, this article argues, cannot only be understood as. Cosatu believes that etolls has nothing to do with ensuring the safety of the road users but is an attempt to privatize the roads in the name of profit. Chiwota e, june 20, collective bargaining, cosatu to confront. Cosatu is engaged in a dispute with its ally, the african national congress, on scrapping etolling on gauteng highways.
Cosatu calls off farm workers strike in south africa. In february 2019, shortly after the announcement by government that the company. We are confident that we will be joined by many thousands more angry residents and motorists who support our demand for the scrapping of these tolls and the end to. Cosatu embarks on national strike, threatens to shut down. We wont be marching and demonstrating with our feet this time. The responses of trade unions to the effects of neoliberalism in. Cosatu said the demonstrations coincide with the world day for decent work. Cosatu will embark upon a national strike on the 30th of november. Cosatu set to continue etoll demonstrations the mail. Workers must not be retrenched as a result of the powercuts 3. Cosatu calls off farm workers strike in south africa by joshua lumet 30 january 20 the congress of south african trade unions cosatu has once again called off a strike by farm workers without.
On the other hand, there is the leadership and activist layer of cosatu and the sacp which is committed to a social democratic economy, and which places its hope in the fact that a struggle can still be waged for the heart and soul of the anc. Cosatu will mobilise its members to participate in mass protest action against labour brokers and the gauteng e tolling system on 7 march. Cosatus national protest action on 7 march is not a strike. Eskom is a south african electricity public utility, established in 1923 as the electricity supply. Cosatu will take to the highways in cars on thursday to protest against e tolling in gauteng, it said on wednesday.
Congress of south african trade unions cosatu south. Cosatu protected national strike, 7 october 2016, international decent work day. By december 20, the etoll scheme was eventually launched following a substantive. Cosatu strike in gauteng back to news home this will mark the beginning of a threephase plan to protest against etolling. The congress of south african trade unions cosatu claims its fighting public and private sector corruption in equal measure. The costs of the powercuts must not be borne by the poorest in society. Around 100,000 people are expected to participate in marches and rallies in at least cities across the country. A brief historical background on the formation and nature of cosatu. A call to action we are not prepared to tolerate massive levels of unemployment. We will be fully participating in the cosatu national strike, he said. Cosatu calls for strike over etoll iol breaking news. In february 20, an amendment to the code of administrative responsibility.
Cosatu lays charges against metrorail with cape town. Cosatu, neoliberalisation and the right to strike1. Cosatu to embark on national strike against etolls. We send our deepest condolences to his family and his friends. He said cosatu in the province would submit a section 77 or strike notice to the national economic development and labour council on february 28.
Cosatu will be joined by at least 10 civil society bodies and some religious leaders in a series of protests in the next few weeks against the etolling of gauteng. Holdt, 20 or the 2012 strikes in the platinum sector chinguno, 2015. Cosatu is taking to the streets just three months before the anc is scheduled to elect a new leader to replace zuma, 75. Pdf this paper discusses the utilisation of social movement trade unionism by the congress of south african trade unions cosatu in seeking to. The union said that an 11 % reduction of the electorate support for the anc in gauteng in the. Lrs bargaining indicators 2014 labour research service. Cliffe dekker hofmeyr cosatu announces one day national. The national mass action is aimed at fighting corruption and state capture.
The congress of sa trade unions cosatu has called for a day of civil disobedience on november 30 in protest against the etolling of gautengs highways, it said on wednesday evening. In all the centres, workers will gather from 08h00 and memos will be handed out at h00, said xolani malamlela. More than 300 members from cosatuaffiliated unions took to the streets of the east london cbd in support of the national strike action led by the federation. Similarly, the activities on 7 october 2015 were called a national strike but were in fact protected. The congress of south african trade unions cosatu was launched on 1 december 1985, at the height of the struggle against apartheid. We, the 3 000 delegates representing 2,2million workers coming from workplaces in every sector of the economy, from both big and small cities and rural. Cosatu members depend on the trains and complain to us on a daily basis about the bad service. Cosatu national strike action on the electricity crisis. As a federation, it brought together many of the unions formed after the wave of strikes at the beginning of 1973 which marked a renewal of trade union activity after a decadelong lull. In a press statement issued on 11 september, cosatu said, the recently held cosatu central executive committee has resolved that the federation needs to embark on a national strike following the section 77 notice on state capture and corruption that was submitted to nedlac on 17th july 2017. Cosatu march in east london demands action against state. Cosatu called for the transport laws and related matters amendment bill to be. The third protest would be held on march 7, the anniversary of cosatu s nationwide strike last year against e tolling and labour broking. Cosatu and affiliates on organisational strategies and political roles.
Cosatu will take to the highways in cars on thursday to protest against etolling in gauteng, it said on wednesday. The march which was delayed, commenced from the north end stadium and proceeded to the city hall. Cosatu on wednesday embarked on a nationwide stayaway to protest, among others, against higher taxes, etolls and job losses burdening the working class. The formation of the tripartite alliance and its influence on the political landscape of south africa. A new bill being pushed by aarto might strip drivers of their licenses and cosatu believes that it is the governments responsibility to do something.
Cde goldberg was a tireless campaigner against the apartheid system and was a tireless champion of social justice. However, there were areas of discontinuity between the. Cosatu, the anc and the election strategic than one with cosatu and the sacp. We do very well in explaining to our members why we are out on the streets. The congress said it would make a series of demands during the upcoming strike including that. Trade federation cosatu will on wednesday embark on a national strike against state capture. The 2011 student movement brought these issues to the forefront of. The third protest would be held on march 7, the anniversary of cosatus nationwide strike last year against etolling and labour broking.
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