When are we going to get the journalists organised in a class-conscious way?
VC On 19 December 2011 19:17, <[email protected]> wrote: > Five years???? > > And who has been auditing all this time; if not, aren't there legal > implications for that? > And shouldn't the office bearers during that period be held responsible? > What was being reported to members by the treasurer all this time? And was > it an audited report? > Sent via my BlackBerry from Vodacom - let your email find you! > ------------------------------ > *From: * Castro Ngobese <[email protected]> > *Sender: * [email protected] > *Date: *Mon, 19 Dec 2011 19:00:22 +0200 > *To: *<[email protected]> > *ReplyTo: * [email protected] > *Subject: *[YCLSA Discussion] CWU faces loss of legal status over late > reports! > > Print this > page<http://www.iol.co.za:80/business/business-news/cwu-faces-loss-of-legal-status-over-late-reports-1.1200445?ot=inmsa.ArticlePrintPageLayout.ot#> > CWU faces loss of legal status over late reports > > December 19 2011 at 05:00am > ------------------------------ > > Asha Speckman > > Thousands of workers in the communications industry could soon lose their > union representation. This comes after the Department of Labour last week > threatened to terminate the legal recognition of the Communication Workers > Union (CWU) following its failure to submit financial statements for the > past five years. > > The CWU is the largest trade union representing workers in the > communications industry in South Africa and draws monthly fees, often via > stop orders and debit orders, from a membership of about 30 000, who pay > R60 a month for union protection. > > Johan Crouse, the registrar at the Department of Labour, said last week > that the trade union had not provided financial statements since 2006. > > “It’s quite a number of years, that’s why we’ve taken steps,” Crouse said. > > If the union is deregistered it would not be able to enter into a > collective agreement with employers and its access to certain rights, > including access to an employer’s premises and the deduction of membership > fees via salary stop orders, might be terminated. > > “This is potentially serious but in law they can still function,” said an > official in the registrar’s office who is not authorised to speak to media. > > “There’s freedom of association in our constitution and we cannot make > illegal the right to associate.” > > The union could re-register but would have to follow an official process. > > A notice published in the government gazette on November 25 indicated that > the department intended to cancel the CWU’s registration because it had > failed to “comply with sections 98, 99 and 100 of the (Labour Relations) > Act” and had “ceased to function in terms of its constitution”. > > The sections of the act compel unions to keep records of financial > transactions, prepare financial statements every six months, and avail > these to members for inspection. The reports should be submitted to the > department annually. > > The CWU had 60 days to motivate why its registration should not be > annulled. > > Last Tuesday Thabo Mogalane, the CWU’s deputy general secretary, said: “We > are submitting 2006, 2007 and 2008 tomorrow. Before the end of January > we’ll submit the outstanding (reports).” > > Mogalane would not comment on why the union had fallen behind. “The > general secretary is in a better position to answer,” Mogalane said. > > CWU general secretary Gallant Roberts is in South Korea with Telkom and > could not be reached via cellphone. > > Roberts said in a letter to CWU provincial secretaries dated December 8: > “We have since written a letter to the office of the registrar. We have > been assured this morning by the independent auditors that (a) draft report > will be ready and available for the office of the registrar by December 14.” > > Patrick Craven, the spokesman for Cosatu, of which CWU is an affiliate, > declined to comment. > > “Obviously we monitor all our affiliates but we do not discuss their > problems with the media. I wouldn’t like to go into the details. We have to > give them time to sort this out.” > > 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. 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