S. Africa’s Cosatu Says Gordhan Labor Reform Comments Premature
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South Africa’s biggest labor group said Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan’s statements that the government is close to announcing reforms to labor legislation were premature.
Negotiations on the minimum wage are at a “delicate stage,” Sdumo Dlamini, president of the 1.9-million member Congress of South African Trade Unions said by phone on Monday. Talks on other labor reforms, including pre-strike balloting, were “nowhere near closure,” he said.