TRADE union federation Cosatu is looking to use Friday’s mass action to prove it still wields muscle in the labour market.The federation’s affiliates support the day-long, protected action against the rising cost of living and sluggish economic growth, which has led to the shedding of jobs.The industrial action takes place as Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan, accompanied by a high-level business, government and labour delegation, is in New York to drum up investment in SA.Cosatu’s membership base declined massively after it expelled its largest affiliate, the National Union of Metalworkers of SA (Numsa), at the end of 2014 and the Food and Allied Workers Union (Fawu) left the federation in August in favour of a new project led by former Cosatu general secretary Zwelinzima Vavi.Cosatu president Sdumo Dlamini on Thursday said the federation had proven itself many times. It was expecting about 200,000 workers to heed the stayaway. "Many have declared Cosatu dead, but we have proven that...
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