Nehawu will not bully us into striking - Sadtu
The South African Democratic Teachers Union (Sadtu) has accused members of Nehawu of intimidation and trying to force teachers to join the public sector wage strike.
The teachers' union claims striking healthcare workers attacked their members who were attending a workshop in the Eastern Cape on Wednesday.
The union's Nomusa Cembi says this was not the first time they have borne the brunt of The National Education, Health and Allied Workers' Union's ire.
She says Nehawu members previously attacked a pregnant teacher in KZN.
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Cembi says Nehawu is a bully that hides behind empty revolutionary rhetoric.
She warns that lawlessness will merely serve to undermine the trade union sector.
"Sadtu wants to make it clear that we will not be bullied by anyone or union for that matter, during these negotiations. South Africa is a constitutional democracy and not a banana republic.
"The lawlessness we are experiencing undermines the essence of unionism. As education workers, we equally fought for this democracy. We will not stand by the side-lines."
