News | Labour trade union federation Cosatu has cited the failure by workers to help their children with homework as the reason it is demanding a 40-hour working week, by Ngwakos
Labour trade union federation Cosatu has cited the failure by workers to help their children with homework as the reason it isCosatu, which represents about 1.6 million workers, launched its campaign for the introduction of an economy wide 40-hour working week in Braamfontein, Johannesburg, today.“We discussed it in 1995 when we introduced the. In that context we have given our government and employers enough time to consider the 40 hour week.
“They are not able to contribute to the social needs of their family. They can’t help their children with homework. We said now that we want workers to go back to the 8 hour working day, 8 hours of family and 8 hours to sleep. We believe that the research is on our side.”“If you look to Germany, Italy and France there are countries that are already working 35-hours a week or less 7-hours per day. They are highly productive because you don’t work until you are totally exhausted.
“Our struggles are not just mere struggles but are informed also from what we have long fought for even before the liberation. We are also saying as a federation in 1886 workers came together demanding an end to slavery wages. And this is how a national May Day came to being. One of the issues that workers have demanded is the issue of a living wage,” she said.
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