Cosatu comes to the minimum wage party
Union federation backs minimum wage agreement, but lambasts Bathabile Dlamini over the looming social grants crisis
Cosatu has accepted the proposed national minimum wage, but taken a hardline against Social Development Minister Bathabile Dlamini over the looming social grants crisis. In February, in the lead-up to the state of the nation address, the union federation pulled out of a national minimum wage signing ceremony, putting a damper on what had been billed an historic moment. Cosatu had cited the need to consult its central executive committee (CEC). Cosatu general secretary Bheki Ntshalintshali, who was speaking after a three-day CEC meeting, said on Thursday that, while the proposed R20 did not reach the minimum living standards of an average South African household, "it is a significant starting base". The federation has mandated its leadership to sign the agreement on the minimum wage, adding that the real work would now begin as legislation is drafted to give effect to it. Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa, who led the talks that culminated in the national minimum wage agreement, haile...
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