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Media Statement, 14 May, 2014 NEHAWU is shocked and angered by the death of Mineworkers in Western Turkey and in Marikana NEHAWU is shocked and angered by the death of the 201 miners killed in western Turkey. We send our condolences to their families and colleagues and our message of solidarity to all the trapped and injured miners. We wish them a speedy recovery. According to Turkish Energy Minister Taner Yildiz, this toll could rise with many more still trapped. It is disturbing to hear that so many have died because of lax safety standards while trying to earn an honest living. We call on the authorities to prevent any further loss of lives and to ensure that all efforts are directed towards saving the lives of entrapped workers. Our union also sends its condolences to the killed mineworkers in Marikana and condemns the thuggery and the assassination of the non-striking workers and those who want to go back to work. We send our condolences to their families, colleagues and our sister union the NUM. Our union is disappointed that two years after the Marikana tragedy, workers are still being senselessly slaughtered in the platinum belt. NEHAWU supports the demands of all mine workers for a living wage and better working conditions. They deserve fair compensation equivalent to the dangers of their work as highlighted by the tragedy in Turkey. We also expect the mine bosses to sort out the housing situation of workers because they stay in appalling conditions. We call on the exploitative mining companies to accede to fair and affordable demands of the workers. We also call on the South African government to intervene and facilitate the process of finding a solution to this impasse. The gluttonous mining companies have shown that they are prepared to sabotage the economy and impoverish the workers and entire communities to protect their profits; this cannot be tolerated. Workers are already heavily indebted and some of them are losing their properties and are falling behind school payments for their kids. This strike has shown the resilience of the workers but has also exposed AMCU as an amateurish, leaderless, one trick pony union that cannot be entrusted with the livelihoods of the workers. Rhetoric and brinksmanship does not amount to being revolutionary and the freshness of the amateur approach has its limits. By continuing to sow divisions amongst the workers they are doing the bidding for the mining bosses who are the only winners when workers kill each other. Issued by NEHAWU Secretariat Office For further information, please contact: Sizwe Pamla (NEHAWU Media Liaison Officer) at 011 833 2902 - 082 558 5962 or email: [email protected] Visit NEHAWU website: www.nehawu.org.za -- -- 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/d/optout.
