HUNDREDS of people, part of several trade unions and supported by civil organisations, marched during the Congress of SA Trade Unions’s (Cosatu) National Day of Action yesterday, bringing the demands of workers to the legislature and Parliament in Cape Town.
The march of around 300-400 people from Hanover Street, District Six, to Wale Street, and then Parliament, took place on World Day for Decent Work, commemorated annually on October 7.
The action was also a protected strike, Cosatu said, ahead of the action across Cape Town, Durban, and Johannesburg.
Cosatu Western Cape provincial secretary, Malvern de Bruyn said: “Cosatu is having this every year and our main issue is about job creation, decent jobs, sustainable jobs, etc.”
The national strike had a number of objectives.
As stated by the federation,…