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I understand why people need to be paid; but I was not in fact paid - Alex Mashilo Alex Mashilo, Letters, Sunday Independent, Johannesburg, 6 October 2013 YOU[R] LEAD story last week [Sunday 29, 2013] entitled "Unionists cash in on state entities" refers. I'm indeed serving in the board of the Manufacturing, Engineering and Related Services Sector Education and Training Authority (Merseta), and until September 30, 2013 I was a union official serving as the National Union of Metalworkers of SA's head of department for organising, campaigns and collective bargaining. I feel that your article was unfair and inaccurate, in particular in its treatment of me and I strongly believe it was also unjust to the extent it left an impression, or suggested that I'm getting paid for serving on the board of Merseta. I'm not. When I was appointed to the board I elected, in writing, not to be paid. I have never received a single payment from Merseta, as a result. Had I, too, been contacted, I believe - if the intention was or is to communicate the truth - the story would have shown me as an example of someone who elected not to be paid for serving on Seta boards. Similarly, had Merseta been contacted, the story would have been worded differently about me. Please note that I'm not expressing an opinion about Seta board fees, but I'm simply showing you what would otherwise be either the ignored or the marginalised side of the story. For now, I reserve that opinion save to say that I fully understand why people who serve on boards have to be paid. On Thursday [3 October 2013] I attended a Merseta board meeting. I will not be paid for that meeting because of my decision. Alex Mashilo Joburg -- -- 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] . --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "YCLSA Discussion Forum" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
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