*Metrobus strike is a reflection of the failures of the neo-liberal iGoli 2002!*
*19 May 2009* The Young Communist League [YCL] in the province of Gauteng supports the striking Metrobus drivers. We are disappointed that the intransigent Metrobus management is not prepared to adhere to the genuine and legitimate demands of workers in the midst of the super-exploitation and continued onslaught faced by the workers in the capitalist South Africa, and Gauteng being the centre of capitalism and exploitation. This strike reinforces our long held belief that the privatisation of the Metrobus by the City of Johannesburg as results of its neo-liberal and reactionary iGoli 2002 programme is a failure and the working class and the poor are feeling the pinch of this disastrous and ill-informed iGoli 2002 strategy. The working class and the poor commuters of Gauteng including the striking bus drivers deserve better. It is nonsensical and immoral for Metrobus to use funding as an excuse to meet workers demands, whilst we know that some of the members of its management in a clandestine manner solicited funds for COPE. As the YCLSA we will not be surprised if the generated Metrobus revenue and the financial injection it receives from the City of Joburg were used to fund the aborted and failed election campaign of COPE. We call on Metrobus Management to meet the demands of workers or face the full might of the working class and the poor. We further call on the Metrobus management not to blackmail the working class by proposing to hike transport fees in order to meet the demands of workers. The privatisation of the people’s assets such as the Johannesburg Fresh Produce Market, Metrobus, Civic Theatre and the Johannesburg Zoo has proven disastrous for the working class and the poor in Gauteng. In the spirit of the May Alliance Summit, we are therefore calling for an immediate review of all current outsourced public sector utilities in the province. Issued YCLSA Gauteng Contact: *Alex Mashilo* *Provincial Secretary @ 082 920 0308* --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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] . -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
