SACTWU opposes Eskom’s tariff hike application
Athenkosi Mvane
The South African Clothing and
Textile Workers Union is planning to protest today at the National Energy
Regulator of South Africa’s public hearings in Johannesburg
Sactwu says they cannot accept Eskom
electricity tariff hike application.
South African Research Institute in
Sactwu Simon Eppel said they have conducted interviews with companies and
workers if Eskom goes ahead with its increase massive job loses will
occur.
Eppel said companies have indicated
generally, that there may be large scale retrenchments.
“Obviously as SACTWU we can not
condone actions which threaten jobs of local workers, particularly in the
context that there is such large unemployment in South
Africa
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