You know Comrades I was wondering and I had a discussion with a number of people/ workers in terms of why our public service unions will start salary negotiations in July whilst we were suppose to be getting an increment in July. Does that indicate that they do have the interest of the workers at heart or is it deliberate cause whilst they are engaging in deliberations which one don't even know when will they end, the poor public servants are struggling very hard and the global economic crisis is heating hard at us. It is very disturbing even on the issue of servicing of the membership by leadership, my heart get broken when I see how many people join the PSA cause they claim that their grievances are resolved very fast as compared to the Cosatu aligned unions and the PSA is using this advantage to poach members to join them. I think its high time that our Cosatu aligned unions should do an analysis of membership and draw programmes that will engage members to stay with us. I was very happy by the resolution taken in the Free State Cosatu congress, where they acknowledge that they have lost members and they will develop a plan to mobilize members to join Cosatu affiliates but also to ensure they retain the current membership. Amandla!!!!!!!!!! Dumisani Tuis Tel: 053-6210007 Fax: 0865070204 Cell: 0736430439 "The possibility that we may fail in the struggle ought not to deter us from the support of a cause we believe to be just"- Abraham Lincoln ________________________________ From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Patrick Craven Sent: Wednesday, July 22, 2009 11:51 AM To: [email protected] Subject: [COSATU Daily News] Article from Cape Argus Please see attached. NB: This email and its contents are subject to our email legal notice which can be viewed at http://www.doj.gov.za/about_web/disclaimer.htm If you are unable to access the Disclaimer, send an email request for the disclaimer to [email protected] and we will send you a copy of the Disclaimer. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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] . -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
