COSATU is celebrating 35 years of waging relentless struggle against exploitation in pursuit of social emancipation of both the workers and the working class.
All of this has happened in a rapidly changing and constantly evolving environment, and the federation has had to learn to adapt to different terrains to advance its positions. These include, advocacy, negotiation, engagement through political processes, as well as mass mobilisation. The current period is characterised by economic inequality, stagnant wages, massive unemployment, deepening poverty and the accumulation of enormous wealth by the few elites.
Much has been said about the 4th Industrial Revolution , in particular the risks that it poses to the jobs and livelihoods of blue- and white-collar workers as well as the developmental opportunities it offers society. The last congress resolved to make the recruitment and organising of workers into the federation a priority. The mandate of the congress was to organise the unorganised, increase trade union membership and improve the service that workers get. We are making progress on that front with our recruitment campaign bringing over 120 000 members to the federation since the beginning of the year.We also launched a 40-hour week campaign that will limit the working hours to the maximum of 40 hours.
All Politicians and Government Employees Do Not Earn a Salary They Receive a Salary With Huge Perks and No Actual Work Cut their Salaries and they might just Start Earning a Salary.