Viva NUMSA Viva Just saw the workers marching here on the streets of Johannesburg
Gugu On Mon, Jul 4, 2011 at 11:11 AM, Dominic Tweedie <[email protected]>wrote: > ** > * > [image: SACP] > > SACP Media Release, 4 July 2011* > * * > > *The SACP fully supports the demands of engineering workers!!* > > > The SACP fully supports the plight of close to 200 000 workers in the > engineering and related sectors who are currently on strike for better > wages. Wage negotiations with Metal & Engineering employers broke down with > employers refusing to offer real wage increases and their refusal to outlaw > modern slavery by labour brokers in the engineering sector. > > The demands of the workers are legitimate. In the midst of growing > capitalist profitability a demand for a 13% salary increase is modest. > Equally the arrogance of the employers of wanting to revert to a 45 hour > working week is an attack on the hard won rights of workers. > > The SACP fully supports workers struggle against the modern day slavery in > the form of labour brokers. We support the call for a total ban and > outlawing of such practices and we urge our government to move with speed > to enact laws in that direction. > > The SACP will deploy its leaders to march in solidarity with the workers. > It is time now that we decisively put capital on the backfoot and > undermine its growing arrogance and hold on the lives of ordinary South > Africans. > > *Issued by the SACP* > * > > **Contact:* > * * > *Malesela Maleka* > *SACP Spokesperson – 082 226 1802* > > > > -- > You are subscribed. This footer can help you. > Please POST your comments to [email protected] or reply to > this message. > You can visit the group WEB SITE at > http://groups.google.com/group/yclsa-eom-forum for different delivery > options, pages, files and membership. > To UNSUBSCRIBE, please email [email protected]. > You don't have to put anything in the "Subject:" field. You don't have to > put anything in the message part. All you have to do is to send an e-mail to > this address (repeat): [email protected] . > -- Gugu Ndima +27 76 783 1516 -- You are subscribed. This footer can help you. Please POST your comments to [email protected] or reply to this message. You can visit the group WEB SITE at http://groups.google.com/group/yclsa-eom-forum for different delivery options, pages, files and membership. To UNSUBSCRIBE, please email [email protected] . You don't have to put anything in the "Subject:" field. You don't have to put anything in the message part. All you have to do is to send an e-mail to this address (repeat): [email protected] .
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