Hundreds march for Cosatu in Cape Town
7 October 2016
Cape Town - Hundreds of Cosatu members sang and danced to struggle songs belting out of a minivan for the Cape Town leg of the "decent work" march to Parliament and strike on Friday.
Members of the National Union of Mineworkers (Num), the SA Commercial, Catering and Allied Workers Union (Saccawu), the SA Clothing and Textile Workers’ Union (Sactwu) and the National Health Education & Allied Workers Union (Nehawu) arrived in groups at their meeting point at the top of Keizergracht street, while around 20 police officers in riot gear hung back.
Checkers employees in their turquoise shirts stood out in the sea of red regalia, with one carrying a poster complaining about chief executive of the Shoprite group Whitey Basson's about R100m pay cheque.
The strike and march is part of the union federation's "Back to Basics" congress resolutions and ties in with the International Day of Decent Work.