The continued collaboration of the social partners is even more vital in this environment as we enter a new era of challenge on many fronts, where we will grapple with the demands of regional collaboration as we are presently experiencing and the required infrastructural support, international and regional financial uncertainty and global recession.
In an environment where the national pie is shrinking there will be need to restrain wages in line with productivity gains even more so than before and to relate this to ensuring the viability of business. At the same time we cannot compromise on areas such as workplace safety for our workers and a comfortable working environment.