The South African Federation of Trade Unions has issued a list of 11 demands it wants met before the national shutdown planned for March 20.
implement a universal basic income grant;end crime and violence against women and children;reverse budget cuts and increase government spending in critical areas of service delivery;
expand the public sector wage bill for better pay for teachers, nurses, officers and social workers; andSaftu general-secretary Zwelinzima Vavi said the union had agreed to participate after the EFF requested it. “This means we will galvanise and mobilise our members to join the national shutdown across the country,” Vavi said.“We have submitted [a] section 77 notice to Nedlac to protect workers in and outside the federation. This means any worker, even if they are not members of unions affiliated to Saftu, will be protected from victimisation by employers.”
Vavi said the EFF’s demands would also have to highlight working-class challenges and include socioeconomic challenges. “Saftu’s principal demands include the creation of decent jobs by rebuilding our manufacturing base through re-industrialisation, addressing the escalating cost of living by not only restructuring the economy, but the introduction of the universal basic income grant, increasing the minimum wage to a living wage, combating crime and gender-based violence and ending load-shedding,” he said.
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