POPCRU is flabbergasted by the naivety of Respondents on the Unemployment situation in South Africa
POPCRU has noted the results of the Public Opinion conducted by Mail and Guardian on the question “What’s to be done about South Africa’s High Rate of Unemployment on the 19th November 2010? The response displayed that 71, 15% indicated that the Labour Legislation must be relaxed, 17, 93% asserted a view that says “The State needs to drive the process” and only a handful of 10, 92% of respondents said “There’s too much flexibility in the labour market”. The emphasis on the Labour Legislation is an onslaught on the working class on the basis that some capitalist’s predators want to accelerate the profits against an economy that has benefit business for the past 16 years of our political freedom with no “economic jewelry” as our Federation always says. Currently the unemployment rate stands at 25,3% in terms of the Statistics South Africa Quarter 3 Report, which in the expanded definition does not reflect the impact of unemployment in our communities in general. The myth about the spin-offs of GEAR was premised on an economic speculation that economic growth must occur first, and then employment will follow. However the spectacularly failed dismally. The view that relaxation of legislation will promote employability is a farce because that will only stands to continue to benefit multinational corporations. It is flabbergasting to think that economic growth equals more creation of work. It is not choice that many of our people voluntarily become unemployment. It is capitalism mode of sustaining itself by causing harassment of humanity through low-incomes, poor health of workers in the name of maximizing of profits and low self-esteem of workers. Karl Marx gave the struggle for Socialism a scientific basis in the 19th century when he argued totally that capitalism needed unemployment. Capitalists are always in competition with one another to create larger profits. The main way they do it is by lowering their costs of doing business. As productivity increases, bosses consider using fewer workers to produce more. COSATU Growth Path to Full Employment states categorically that “all those of working age, who are willing and are able to work must have access to decent and sustainable employment”. It is proposed that the State must reconceptualizes the Expanded Public Works Programme in such a way that it acts as an” employer-of-last-resort” [ELR].However it must be well thought to avoid the trapping of workers in the minimum-wage employment for a long time. The only solution we have as workers in particular and the working class have, is to be stingy with our labour power. It is our believe that the working class have both the right and ability to run a better society. And that will come through Socialism. Issued by: Norman Mampane National Spokesperson Tel: 0112424600/4615 Cell: 0720737959 Fax: 0866253054 Email: [email protected] 01 Marie Road AucklandPark 2006 -- 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] .
