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BusinessDay writes that domestic workers could be a step closer to securing equal rights after the recent formation of the SA Domestic Service and Allied Workers Union (Sadsawu).
The organisation has become the latest trade union to be registered with the Labour Registrar in accordance with labour legislation. Sadsawu registration earlier this month came days after the SA Taxi Drivers Workers Union also became official with the registrar. Both unions are affiliates of labour federation Cosatu. Sadsawu is expected to take up the plight of domestic workers, who are among the most exploited employees in the country, as employers either fail or refuse to comply with labour legislation such as the national minimum wage and the Compensation Fund.
Sadsawu general secretary Gloria Kente said the union had about 1,500 paid-up members and would soon be embarking on a national membership recruitment drive. “We are targeting domestic workers, cleaners, old age homes, restaurants, and B&Bs,” Kente indicated. The union’s registration means that the union can now take its members’ employers to the CCMA if they do not comply with the national minimum wage, among other legislation. About 1.1-million domestic workers were employed in private households in the third quarter of the year, according to the latest data from Stats SA. Women make up 92% of the domestic workforce,
Read the full original of the report in the above regard by Luyolo Mkentane at BusinessDay (subscriber access only)
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