Cosatu Strikes..about cost of living, food load shedding etc etc etc

Do you believe the strikes will influence Government?

  • Yes

    Votes: 12 22.6%

  • No

    Votes: 41 77.4%
  • Total voters
    53
I am not a great believer in most strikes, they are usualy negative but there can be a good reason to strike and it is an important labour tool. I do not believe striking on this point will help. Its that old story of when it is tough the tough get going. We need to up productivity at this point. A lot of what is going on is out of the Givt's control.
 
These strikes will not help at all, guavamint have shown time and time again that they don't care.

All I think it will achieve is hurting ALOT of private businesses and making it that much harder for people struggling to make ends meet since they'll stay away from work and not get paid for the days they're away.
 
I don't think they will bring the Gov to their senses:(

Atleast they are striking for the right reasons :)
 
Actually, there are two questions:

Will the strikes influence government?
And:
Should the strikes influence government?

Don't know the answer to the first one, but the answer to the second one is NO.
 
One of the branches of the company I work for is closing at Grand Central today due to the strike. Wasted productivity.
 
COSATU will down tools for any excuse they can find. They are a bunch of lazy workers :o
 
CathJ : I think in my opinion I can answer both questions....

1) No, our guavamint think they're gods
2) Yes, our guavamint should be trying to find solutions to make the lives of its poorest citizens better rahter than spending billions on useless projects.
 
BTech said:
http://www.cosatu.org.za/press/2008/july.htm
Do you believe the strikes will influence gvt : Yes or No.

I think not:o
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The only thing the government could possibly do is start protecting farmers and farmland and making it profitable to grow food again.

But that would go against their Land Expropriation bills and would possibly cause even more strikes.

So, with any luck, they're stuck between a rock and a hard place and are hopefully starting to feel a little bit silly.

Well worth losing a day's wages for that.
 
I voted "yes" - seems I am alone.

Problem is - government WILL do something - like use our taxes to subsidise miele meal - in other words, take more from the rich to support a growing number of poor.
 
ToxicBunny said:
CathJ : I think in my opinion I can answer both questions....

2) Yes, our guavamint should be trying to find solutions to make the lives of its poorest citizens better rahter than spending billions on useless projects.
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This joke of a wanna be government cannot spell solution.
 
Never underestimate the power of Cosatu near an election year. ;)
 
CathJ said:
Actually, there are two questions:

Will the strikes influence government?
And:
Should the strikes influence government?

Don't know the answer to the first one, but the answer to the second one is NO.
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Why do you think they shouldn't influence government?
 
.geek said:
Why do you think they shouldn't influence government?
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I guess it depends what you mean by influence.

The danger is that the government abandons sensible policies, to cater for the populist demands. Those demands are valid, but may not be in line with strategic plans for the country, our monetary policy, etc.

As an example: everyone strikes against Eskom price hikes. Government gives in and doesn't let Eskom raise prices. Eskom then either doesn't build new power stations, or government has to lend Eskom money, causing an increase in taxes.

The masses don't always know what's good for the country.
 
I am curious as to what exactly COSATU expect guavamint to do? If they are going to strike, then they had better have a darn good reason, like a proposal for affecting change in each of these areas that guavamint have turned down. Otherwise, they are just being their usual moronic self.

I feel that if any change were to be affected, it would only be to the benefit of the poorest of poor. I dont have a problem with that, but the problem is more widespread than just the dirt poor. When your emerging middle class start receding back towards the poverty line, something needs to be done!

I dont mind COSATU striking and I believe that it could be beneficial for everyone should they succeed in getting guavamint to pull its finger out its backside (however unlikely that might be). But I find it very hypocritical for an organisation to strike regarding specific issues without spending the time to at least draft proposals to reduce the impact or eliminate the very issues they want addressed. By striking first, it sets a precedent that talks and negotiations are not an option, and should always follow action - a symptom of a non-accountability as is so common...
 
CathJ said:
I guess it depends what you mean by influence.

The danger is that the government abandons sensible policies, to cater for the populist demands. Those demands are valid, but may not be in line with strategic plans for the country, our monetary policy, etc.

As an example: everyone strikes against Eskom price hikes. Government gives in and doesn't let Eskom raise prices. Eskom then either doesn't build new power stations, or government has to lend Eskom money, causing an increase in taxes.

The masses don't always know what's good for the country.
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I see. Good point, I wasn't really thinking of it from that perspective.
 
Eh guavamint can't do eh nothing about the the the the the prices but for interest rates.
guavamint!
guavamint!
guavamint! viva inefficiency and corruption.
 
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