COSATU to mark World Day for Decent Work with nationwide demonstrations [SOUND]

# Union federation COSATU and its affiliates will mark World Day for Decent Work tomorrow, with nationwide marches and pickets to highlight the plight of workers. Spokesperson Zanele Sabela says workers are under siege from rampant retrenchments, non-compliance with the National Minimum Wage, increasing casualisation of jobs, and escalating attacks on collective bargaining rights. She says compliance with the national minimum wage remains a challenge, as an estimated 40-percent of workers are still paid less than the required wage: