The Congress of South African Trade Unions (Cosatu) in the Western Cape says it will continue to engage government on certain aspects of the National Development Plan (NDP) that it does not agree with.

The union’s shop stewards met with Minister Trevor Manuel on Tuesday who briefed them on the NDP.

“What we found is that we agree on many areas but there are areas that we disagree on and those areas need continued discussion. We would like to see some changes to labour laws and the economy,” says provincial secretary Tony Ehrenreich.

He says that Cosatu and Government have got to find a plan that South Africa can rally behind.

“We want the plan to take us forward to address the many social difficulties that our people have,” he added.

Ehrenreich also says that they need to tackle all the challenges of unemployment, poverty, gangsterism and many of the social-ills that exist and that this can be done in part by the NDP.

Last year, addressing the Cosatu Congress in Midrand, Manuel made a passionate appeal to Cosatu to support the NDP.
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