Workers Day

2022 - 5 - 1

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Workers' Day focus should be on the jobless - Steenhuisen (Jacaranda FM)

DA leader John Steenhuisen says South Africans' focus on Workers' Day should be on the 46% of citizens who do not have the security and independence of a ...

Talk will not make it easier or safer to keep a business operational in South Africa. Fixing this crisis will require decisive action. “Talk alone will not create jobs. "The people who create jobs - from the owners of large multinational corporations to small micro-enterprises - base their decisions on whether to start a new business, expand an existing one, or keep the doors to a struggling one open - on rational factors only, not on the words and sentiment of leaders."

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Mmusi Maimane | Non-workers day - May Day vs MAYDAY (News24)

The emergency that our economy is facing is our unemployment rate – which is the single greatest threat to the present and future of our country, ...

There are many actions that a government can take with the will and vision to improve the lives of those with jobs and those who are seeking jobs. This union will seek to represent the interests of the jobless exclusively. This type of government would allow its citizens to have more disposable income to support their families, to spend in the market and thus boost the economy. The citizens of this country have had to find alternative sources of power, and use money they did not plan to spend as a result of constant power outages. There are advancements in automation that are changing the nature of manufacturing and rendering certain jobs obsolete. Our catastrophic unemployment rate contributes to numerous social ills and leads to the tensions in townships between locals and African migrants and refugees.

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