Cosatu welcomes R387-million UIF relief for struggling post office workers [SOUND]

# Union federation Cosatu welcomes the Unemployment Insurance Fund’s decision to provide 387-million-rand in wage relief for over six-thousand post office workers. The funding will cover 75-percent of their salaries for the next six months while the South African Post Office on a turnaround plan. Cosatu’s Matthew Parks says this brings much-needed relief after months of hardship, calling on National Treasury to release the rest of the promised 3.8-billion-rand bailout: