*Numsa dedicates Human Rights Day to the jobless* *March 19 2011 , 6:50:00 *
The National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa dedicated Human Rights Day, which is to be celebrated on Monday, to workers who lost their jobs due to the recession. "We dedicate our Sharpeville or Human Rights Day message to the 1.1 million workers of South Africa, who lost their jobs as a result of the recession perpetuated by the inherent failures of capitalism," spokesperson Castro Ngobese said in a statement on Saturday. Numsa called on the country's working class to declare war on capitalism and to put an alternative system in place that "puts the lives and needs of our people first". The union also urged people to join the Congress of South African Trade Unions, the South African Communist Party and the African National Congress "with a view of implementing a radical National Democratic Revolution". Numsa said the working class should celebrate Human Rights Day in protest. "...they should refuse to be bussed into stadiums like an ayoba kwaito crowd, instead they should put immediate demands to the State..." The union said to achieve a better life for workers would be a serious commitment and take dedication. Ngobese, also appealed to the government to get rid of labour brokers. "Lastly we want to declare that we are losing patience by the lack of decisiveness by the Ministry of Labour to ban labour brokers as evidenced by popular calls during the 2010 public hearings. "For us Human Rights are workers rights, labour brokers should be banned." - Sapa Use your mobile phone to find news in a flash at www.sabcnews.mobi -- 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] .
