South Africa
Cosatu welcomes government's wage proposal─── 08:44 Wed, 04 Jan 2023
Cosatu unions protesting for a living wage. PHOTO: M&G/Delwyn Verasamy
Cosatu is welcoming the government's proposal of an 8% increase to the minimum wage.
The trade union federation says the amount is acceptable, reasonable and will provide significant relief to millions of workers. Nevertheless, it's still pushing for at least a 10% increase, says Cosatu's general secretary, Solly Phetoe.
"Eight percent is not what Cosatu proposed. We made a submission as Cosatu through the National Minimum Wage Commission for the increase of the Consumer Price Index (CPI) plus 3%."
"As Cosatu, we would love that the increase goes up to 10% for this year so that we can then be able to move quickly to engage a living wage."
