The Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU) has noted the Department of Employment and Labour’s lamentations about the lack of compliance by employers, in particular the banking and financial sector, with the Employment Equity Act. The federation is calling on the government to move away from condemnations and be decisive to ensure employers comply […]
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COSATU Post-May Day statement
The Congress of South African Trade Unions salutes and congratulates the thousands of workers who participated in our nationwide May Day celebrations. We congratulate them for ensuring that our activities were characterized by supreme discipline, solidarity, and a festive atmosphere. We thank our affiliates for not just mobilising workers but for providing transportation for them. […]
COSATU May Day Statement 2023
The Congress of South African Trade Unions is calling on all workers across all sectors of the economy and in all corners of the country to come out in their numbers to celebrate this year’s International Workers Day “May Day” on the 1st of May 2023. Our federation is celebrating this year’s May Day under the theme; Build Working […]
COSATU Freedom Day Statement 2023
The Congress of South African Trade Unions wishes workers and South Africans in general, a wonderful Freedom Day today, 27 April 2023. This year marks the 29th anniversary of our freedom which marked the demise of the apartheid regime and heralded our democratic breakthrough. This remains an important day in our calendar that we need to […]