Cape Town – The South African Federation of Trade Unions (Saftu) has planned a one-day national shutdown which will be held on August 24, in response to the rolling electricity blackouts and the swelling cost of living, among other issues.
In a statement, the organisation said it held its National Executive Committee (NEC) meeting from July 4 to 6, 2022 at the Birchwood Hotel, Boksburg, where it adopted six campaigns to take up the struggles of the working class in the context of the current crisis facing the working class.
These included the campaign against the swelling cost of living, the campaign against the rolling electricity blackouts currency, campaign for a living wage, campaign for a Basic Income Grant, the campaign against austerity programmes, and the campaign against privatisation of the state-owned enterprises.
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“Don’t Moan – Mobilise or Die! This crisis cannot be addressed, as it always is, by half-baked, ill-conceived measures. It cannot be tackled through expression of anger, by xenophobia or by rushing ahead of other sections of the working class. We need action that will appropriately match the scale of the crisis we face. To start with we will immediately start mobilising to guarantee internal and external support,” said Saftu in a statement.
The union said it had secured “a Section 77 certificate that allows all workers irrespective of whether they are members of SAFTU to embark on a protected strike”.
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Compiled by Sinothando Siyolo
