They vowed that the organisation will never shy away from dabbling in politics and said they are on the offensive because politicians have declared war on workers. The organising secretary for Manual Workers Union, Johnson Motshwarakgole said on Tuesday evening that there was no way the workers could keep a distance from politics since the two are inseparable. He said that it was the politicians who fired workers after the 2011 public sector strike, and therefore, workers should also fire them. "Politicians fired people from their jobs, and now we want to fire them from their jobs - no secret about it," he said in response to a question on the participation of workers in political activities.
The BOFEPUSU leadership has protested government's reduction of representation of civil servants in the Medical Aid Board from 50-50 to 70-20 percent. The leaders said this is a clear sign that the government is waging a war on unions hence they (unions) would not sit back and do nothing. "We will fight the politicians to the end," they said.
