Times Of Swaziland: CALL TO REDUCE FOOD, FUEL PRICES

CALL TO REDUCE FOOD, FUEL PRICES
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 BY ANDILE NSIBANDE on 02/05/2019 03:54:00


NHLANGANO – Government’s failure to approve workers’ proposed
cost-of-living adjustment (CoLA) has left hordes of workers stressed and
struggling.
Many are now unable to buy groceries, according to workers’ federation
TUCOSWA, which has suggested that government should reduce food and fuel prices
with retailers in order to save the situation.
In a bid to have their suggestion taken seriously, the workers under the banner
of the Trade Union Congress of Swaziland (TUCOSWA), are planning a march to put
pressure on government to force retailers to negotiate reasonable prices for
several commodities.
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President of the federation Quinton Dlamini said this was the only way
government could help them out of the misery created by its failure to increase
the earnings of its employees.
Explaining the reasoning behind the proposed idea, Dlamini said the salaries of
government employees had an impact over how the private sector eventually pays
its workers as well.
He said due to government’s failure to increase its workforce earnings,
workers in the private sector were also feeling the brunt. Dlamini noted that
many private companies haven’t been raising their workers’ salaries of late,
because they use government as their point of reference.