COSATU no letters, white background.jpg 29 May 2016 COSATU denounces Capitec Bank for threatening and intimidating workers for joining SASBO The Congress of South African Trade Unions is angered by reports of intimidation directed at Capitec employees, by the bank's management, for having joined a union of their choice SASBO. The federation has been intensifying its recruitment campaign, in Mafikeng, North West, that saw thousands of workers signing up to join COSATU unions, including SASBO. It is worrying to then hear that these workers have been receiving threatening messages for having exercised their right of choice and association as enshrined in the Constitution. COSATU has noted with alarm the anti-worker and anti-union tendencies by Capitec Bank. It is not for the first time that this bank is accused of bullying tactics against workers for exercising their rights. They were amongst the intransigent employers, who threatened workers against attending May Day celebration earlier this month. The bank management issued a threatening [notice to] those workers who wanted to attend May Day celebrations despite May Day being a public holiday. We want to caution Capitec Bank that they cannot have their cake and eat it. They have strategically located themselves as a bank that banks the working class and they cannot afford to then declare a war against the same working class and hope to win. We are going to intensify our recruitment targeting this bank because it seems that they have convinced themselves that the laws of the country do not apply to them. We are ready to confront all those employers, who think that they can get away with keeping their employees away from joining unions, so that they can continue with their exploitative tendencies. The 12th National Congress of COSATU and the recently held CEC made it very clear that we need strengthen our fight back against employers through mass mobilisation. Capitec will fold against the strength of our mass mobilisation and we call on all its employees to continue to join SASBO in their numbers, so that they can use their numbers to fight back against poor pay and working conditions. We are also issuing a call to all other COSATU unions to heighten their solidarity work and support SASBO's struggles against Capitec in North West and around the country. If we are pushed further by this bank, we will organize a targeted nationwide campaign against it bank in defence of the workers. All workers to the front! Down with reactionary employers! Forward to workers unity! Issued by 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.
