05 February
2013
The Congress of
South African Trade Union today said it is totally opposed to the proposal that
teachers will not be able to strike as a result of education being declared an
essetential service.
The National
Education, Health and Allied Workers Union said in a statement that declaring
education an essential service will be constitutionally flawed and will be in
violation of the International Labour Organisation’s classification of
essential services.
Cosatu’s
National Spokesperon Patrick Craven said this is just a an attempt to make
teachers a scapegoat.
Craven added
that Cosatu will fight to the end to prevent this.
The
announcement was made by the African National Congress Secretary General Gwede
Mantashe at the Luthuli House on Monday.
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