ANC no letters.jpg ANC Statement, 2 May 2017 May Day Rallies Held 1st May 2017 Yesterday, workers across the world celebrated and commemorated International Workers Day, paying homage to the struggles, sacrifices and achievements of workers. In South Africa, workers organized under the progressive banner of the Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU) came out in their overwhelming numbers - with their successful mobilisation surpassing those in recent years - calling for the creation of decent work, the defence of existing jobs and the expansion of the comprehensive social security net to the working class. With one voice, workers sought to defend and reclaim their rights; hard won over many years of struggle working together with the Revolutionary Alliance led by the African National Congress. Peaceful Throughout the country, the May Day celebrations were observed in a generally peaceful manner, heeding the call for unity and to desist from factional and divisive practices and tendencies. In the more than 15 rallies organised by COSATU, the message to build and entrench unity of the Alliance and within its components was received in a disciplined and tolerant manner. Many understood, as generations before us did, that ours is not a paper alliance but rather one built in the trenches of struggle and a necessary precondition for the advancement of the National Democratic Revolution, It is concerning however that speeches had to be cancelled at the May Day rally in Manguang in the Free State Province. There were also reported incidents in KwaZulu-Natal and Limpopo Provinces. Regrettably Regrettably the significance of May Day was thus reduced by the unacceptable conduct of those who chose disorder and intolerance. As result the important issues of workers' rights, the advancement of the living wage and decent work were overshadowed by narrow factional interests. The African National Congress condemns this behaviour in the strongest possible terms. The strength of the revolutionary movement and our Alliance has always been the management of intra-organizational contradictions and between the Alliance Partners guided by the highest levels of revolutionary discipline. There is no alternative to unity within the ANC and within the Alliance. The Africa National Congress will redouble its effort to foster unity within the movement and the Alliance. Public displays of disunity broker no victors and only serve to weaken the Alliance as a whole. Issued by the African National Congress Enquiries: Zizi Kodwa National Spokesperson, 082 330 4910 Khusela Sangoni, National Communications Manager, 072 854 5707 __________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of detection engine 15348 (20170502) __________ The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. http://www.eset.com -- -- 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]. To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/yclsa-eom-forum. To view this discussion on the web, visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/yclsa-eom-forum/000001d2c354%2410cf0e80%24326d2b80%24%40com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
