Why workers are taking part in the Cosatu strike
"I wear debts. Everything is debts." And other reasons
LONG commutes and long shifts. Short breaks and short-tempered customers. A selection of workers who will be taking part in Friday’s stayaway called by union federation Cosatu shared their working conditions with TMG Digital. TEACHER: "I wear debts. Everything is debts." A senior Johannesburg teacher‚ who works at a public school in Tembisa‚ Ekurhuleni‚ said it was hard to make ends meet with the salaries teachers were paid. "I am one of those who complain about the salary because we work hard in very challenging conditions‚ mostly even on weekends and holidays‚ but there is nothing to take home. If teaching is honourable, even the salary should be honourable‚" Tswatle Morena* said. "It is difficult.... After three days it is difficult to find a teacher with money. Teachers own nothing." Morena — who teaches various subjects‚ including English First Language‚ at Eqinisweni Secondary School‚ said he would march with thousands of union members in a one-day shutdown protest by various ...
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