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Cosatu: moving to level 3 blockade could save workers’ lives and jobs
President Cyril Ramaphosa is currently meeting with workers and companies under the National Council for Economic Development and Labor (Nedlac).
Gauteng Provincial Commissioner and Gauteng MEC for Community Safety Faith Mazibuko, along with SAPS Provincial Commissioner Elias Mawela lead Operation “Okae molao” to ensure the public complies with blockade regulations of COVID-19 at Orange Farm and Everton, south of Johannesburg on April 30, 2020. During the operation, expired goods and some items are resold to the public. Sethembiso Zulu / EWN photos.
JOHANNESBURG – With the national government in the process of talking to various sectors of society about easing the level 3 blockade regulations, the South African Congress of Trade Unions (Cosatu) said on Friday that the measure could save the lives of workers.
President Cyril Ramaphosa is currently meeting with workers and companies under the National Council for Economic Development and Labor (Nedlac).
This as part of consultations aimed at gradually reopening an economy that is already in trouble and that the COVID-19 pandemic has hit even harder.
Cosatu’s Matthew Parks said: “For us, we have always been clear that we need to save the lives of workers and their jobs. We also cannot sacrifice, they go hand in hand together. But as we reopen the economy, our condition has Since any workplace is reopened, there must be a health and safety plan in place. “
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