Comrades I have read the statement of the YCL and find it to be a neatly balanced and reasoned statement, it seems uncouth to then accuse the latter of unreasoned condemnation. The problems of soldiers in SA are from the era of integration. We allowed our cadres largely to be integrated at entry level (where a soldierearns about R2000 in comparisons to SAPS R6000). Few are asking why a significant number of these soldiers are actually former liberation combatants. many of whom former commissars meaning that they can see an injustice and would have thought and sought other remedies before their regrettable action which the YCL correctly also condemns.
Now that the courts have made a determination on the unionization of soldiers it is only prudent that the state engage with them to agree on union activity in the context of the military. The dismissals seems to harsh given the failure of the state over time to resolve drawn out grievances. We cannot afford to have more militarized but unemployed people in our communities and hope that crime will not rise. --- Sent from UnionMail Service [http://mail.union.org.za] --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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] . -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
