Soldiers won't strike
2010-08-29 19:24
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Johannesburg - Members of the SA Security Forces Union (Sasfu) will not join the public sector strike, union president Bhekinkosi Mvovo said on Sunday.
"We will not join the strike because of the Constitutional Court ruling of 1999 which prohibits soldiers to strike," he said after the union met in Cape Town.
Mvovo said they will instead stage a march and picket.
A protest march is planned in Grahamstown on September 10, where they will hand over a memorandum to Defence Minister Lindiwe Sisulu demanding that she put pressure on the government to grant workers an 8.6% increase and a R1 000 housing allowance.
The soldiers have also called on the department of defence to speed up the process of transformation.
Members of the SA National Defence Force (SANDF) have been providing help at 57 strike-hit hospitals countrywide.
- SAPA