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NUMSA news out today COSATU's Vavi will also 'make an important announcement' if the labour union is expelled Luyolo Mkentane, The New Age, Johannesburg, 7 November 2014 NUMSA'S fate will be sealed today at a special meeting of COSATU's top brass expected to vote for its expulsion from the trade union federation. But NUMSA general secretary Irvin Jim warned of a "very long unending battle" should they be kicked out, saying they would not go down without a fight. This after the National Union of Metalworkers of SA's attempts to interdict the central executive committee (CEC) meeting failed at the South Gauteng High Court in Johannesburg yesterday. Meanwhile, COSATU general secretary Zwelinzima Vavi is set to make an important announcement today. When The New Age asked him what he would do if NUMSA was expelled, Vavi said only: "I will make that announcement (on Friday)." NUMSA has claimed today's meeting would be used to implement "a pre-emptive decision" to expel it from COSATU, and prepare ground for Vavi's removal from his powerful position. "Already we have been found guilty without having had an opportunity to raise our case. NUMSA won't get fair treatment (at the CEC)," Jim said, adding they would return to court should they be expelled. The largest affiliate of COSATU is facing five key charges from COSATU which include, but are not limited to, its call for COSATU to break ties with the ANC-led tripartite alliance; its decisions to extend its scope by recruiting members in sectors where other COSATU unions organise and to cease payment of the political fund. COSATU president Sdumo Dlamini said he was happy about the court's decision because there was no urgency in NUMSA's application. He appealed to NUMSA to attend the CEC as they would be given an opportunity to "explain whether or not they should be suspended or expelled for violating the COSATU constitution". Jim said they would attend the CEC to "workshop" the COSATU top brass about NUMSA's national congress resolutions. "NUMSA is challenging the neo-liberal agenda that the ANC is implementing. That's the only reason NUMSA will be expelled," he said. The National Education Health and Allied Workers' Union on Monday called for NUMSA to be "surgically removed" from COSATU. The ANC formed a task team led by Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa to try and heal divisions in the 2.2 million membership COSATU ahead of the crucial local government elections in 2016. Jim said: "The ANC report singles out NUMSA and Vavi, basically throwing us out to the wolves who must deal with us there (at the CEC)." ANC national spokesperson Zizi Kodwa said they would not comment. [email protected] From: http://tnaepaper.co.za/ For your free subscription to the on-line edition of The New Age, CLICK HERE <http://www.thenewage.co.za/tnasubscription/productcart_digital.aspx?2produc t8=8-1> -- -- 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.
