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COSATU Free State, 9 April 2015 COSATU Free State Special Provincial Executive Committee Statement The properly convened and constituted Special Provincial Executive Committee meeting took place on April 08, 2015 to receive the report of the special Central Executive Committee Meeting, amongst other issues for deliberations. As COSATU Free State, we continue to be encouraged by the maturity displayed by the affiliated Unions leadership in the province. 3rd Provincial Congress Our 3rd Provincial Congress will be organized on June 26th-28th, 2015 in Bloemfontein. We have put in place the machinery designed to make final preparations for the Congress to ensure that we hold successful congress. The Congress should engage on issues of the workers and working class in general whilst working with all the progressive forces of our country to create a better life for all! Mobilization for May Day 2015 We have adopted a clear mobilization program which is intended to garner support for the commemoration whilst publicising our campaign for the National Minimum Wage campaign which is intended to make an impact in dealing with the triple challenges facing our province namely; high unemployment rate, increased poverty levels as well as the huge inequalities between the haves and the have not's. Our event would take place in Thabong, Welkom and we would use the mobilization program to also engage the community on our views towards developing a program to turn around the situation in the current and former mining towns. We implore upon members, the working class and our communities to support our campaigns towards May Day as well as promoting a dialogue in creating an alternative economy for the former and current mining towns. On the CEC decision to dismiss the General Secretary with immediate effect The PEC noted the CEC decisions in relation to the expulsion of the General Secretary Comrade Zwelinzima Vavi. The PEC is convinced that the former General Secretary had crossed the line and the CEC had been put to an ultimate test to exercise and maintain discipline regardless of who is in the wrong. In the view of the PEC the CEC has acted correctly in this instance and it is up to the former General Secretary to follow the proper channels to make his appeal heard by the Normal National Congress if he still has interest to come back to the federation. We further note that this is not the first time a COSATU National Office Bearer is expelled by the CEC for crossing the line in terms of the code of conduct for the leaders and officials of the Federation. We are however amazed why this time around the affected former leader has a view that he should be treated differently when he has consciously crossed the line with vigour and impunity! The PEC has adopted a program which would go and give a report to our structures and members about the CEC decision, since this is a legitimate decision of a properly constituted Constitutional structure of the Federation, composed by the duly mandated leaders of the Affiliated trade unions, COSATU Free State PEC members would defend, explain and defend this resolution at all platforms! On the planned gathering of workers in defiance of the CEC decision(s) We have also taken note that the former General Secretary and other trade Unions some of which are COSATU members in good standing to convene a meeting of workers in Bloemfontein in the near future, that meeting has been convened outside COSATU constitution and is therefore an illegitimate gathering in as far as the Federation and its Affiliates are concerned. As the PEC, we condemn in strongest terms possible the action of using the Free State as stage to attempt sow disunity within the Federation. We implore upon all the disciplined members of the Federation not to attend this activity and to desist all the efforts to show disunity amongst the workers and the working class! We will fight with all our strength against anyone who attempts to sow disunity amongst the workers and our members. Issued by COSATU Free State Enquiries: Monyatso oa Mahlatsi, COSATU Free State Provincial Secretary 076 115 9923 -- -- 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.
