Workers on Monday occupied the basement of the department in protest, and on Tuesday had continued a peaceful protest.
Expanded Public Works Programme have held strikes outside the Department of Infrastructure Development in Johannesburg since Monday after the department said it would terminate 5,500 contracts.
The South African Federation of Trade Unions claimed the department and other officials had acknowledged that workers who had been on contract for longer than six years had a “legitimate” expectation of permanent employment. The union has alleged that department higher-ups never gave a commitment to workers as to what would happen regarding their contracts or possible employment.Bongiwe Gambu, the EPWP spokesperson, said the programme aimed to create income and poverty relief through temporary work for the unemployed.
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