Cosatu President Zingiswa Losi has stressed the importance of unity within the tripartite alliance saying this will ensure victory for the ANC at the 2024 polls.
Losi was speaking at the labour federation’s May Day Rally in Bethlehem, Free State, themed ‘Build working class unity for economic liberation towards socialism’.
The labour federation’s celebrations comes at a time where worker face unemployment, the country’s energy crisis, as well the high cost of living.The message for this year is the need for the unity amongst unions and within the tripartite alliance. “We must go to elections in 2024, our most difficult elections since 1994, united and determined to defend the many gains that workers have won since 1994. We must go to the elections committed to tackle the failures and setbacks geared to accelerate the struggles to improve the lives of the poor and ready to deliver a resounding victory for the alliance,” says Losi.
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