COSATU no letters, white background.jpg 25 May 2016 COSATU views an attack on SADTU as an attack on the federation The Congress of the South African Trade Unions rejects the legal threats by the department of Basic Education directed at SADTU, after the union called on its members to join a picket tomorrow protesting overcrowding, at our township and rural schools. The issues that are being raised by SADTU have an effect on the health of both teachers and learners. COSATU is calling on all teachers and workers in general to join the SADTU picket tomorrow and push back against the offensive that is currently directed at the teachers union. The federation has concluded that the department of Basic Education is deliberately colluding with those who have political scores to settle with SADTU. The department has allowed leaks and the misinformation campaign to be used to attack SADTU despite the report of the Ministerial Task Team making it very clear that SADTU as an organization was not found guilty of selling any posts. We dare the department of Basic Education to stop the SADTU pickets' tomorrow. COSATU accepts the challenge from the department and we treat them like the enemies they are projecting themselves to be. We will not allow them to render our unions redundant to appease and pacify opposition parties and reactionary civil society organization. An attack on COSATU is an attack on the federation as a whole, and all COSATU unions and members will close ranks and defend their federation. Hands off our SADTU! Hands off our COSATU! Contact: Sizwe Pamla, COSATU National Spokesperson, 060 975 6794 -- -- 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.
