Numsa to protest at Xstrata Nov 14, 2011 | Sapa Workers of the mining group Xstrata are to demonstrate in Johannesburg on Tuesday to demand the right to take part in industrial action.
A worker holds a placard as he takes part in a march in the city of Johannesburg. Photograph by: SIPHIWE SIBEKO "This march forms part of the strategy to exert pressure to Xstrata ruling oligarchy to accede to workers demands," said the National Union of Metalworkers of SA (Numsa) in a statement. "This march will be taking place amid the impromptu arrest of Numsa members by [the] SA Police Service under the instruction of one of Xstrata's key executives." The union said the members had since been released by a "sober" Rustenburg magistrate. It accused police of being used to deny workers their constitutional right to assemble or embark on protected strikes. The march to the Xstrata's office in Melrose Arch will be led by Numsa president Cedric Gina and Congress of SA Trade Unions second deputy president Zingiswa Losi. The gathering would hand over a memorandum of demands. Xstrata was not immediately available for comment. ~ o O o ~ Castro's iPad -- 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] .
