hehehe,next they will say we shouldnt go to church when cosatu has a rally aint church goers workers,if only our unions where not selling out,i rather see chiefs beat sundowns than attent a bubblermouth mouth who will sell me out tomorrow,teacher s salaries are being deducted because of effects of the last year futile strike.what more do they want to say,that we should reduce unemployement rate?
On 4/28/11, Castro Ngobese <[email protected]> wrote: > Union plea to postpone Downs vs Chiefs > > *Posted:* 2011-04-28 16:19 > > *The National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa (Numsa) has called on > the PSL to delay the crucial League match between Mamelodi Sundowns and > Kaizer Chiefs to allow workers, soccer players and sports journalists to > attend May Day celebrations.* > > The celebrations, organised by the Congress of South African Trade Unions > (Cosatu), will be held across the country on Sunday, the same day the two > title-chasing sides meet at Loftus Versfeld Stadium. > > Numsa argues that the Chiefs/Sundowns clash, one of the most followed > matcehs in the PSL calendar, “cannot be allowed to coincide with May Day > celebrations”. > > “It is our contention that soccer is mainly supported by the workers in our > country and such an important game cannot be allowed to coincide with May > Day celebrations,” Numsa national spokesman Castro Ngobese says. > > “The scheduled kick-off time of 3pm might have a negative impact in terms of > attendance of May Day celebrations around Gauteng, scheduled to be addressed > by the political and trade union leaders of our country.” > > The organisation argues that the PSL must be an "activist League" that is > not detached from the worker. > > “The PSL should draw a leaf from its predecessors, the NPSL and NSL, by > using football as a strategic site of popular power for people’s power to > rally society around their immediate and long-term strategic goals geared > towards a better life for all,” adds Numsa. > > “The PSL should not be a sporting instrument of the ruling class to water > down working class struggles in a post-apartheid capitalist South Africa. > > "We call on the PSL to delay the crucial League match between Mamelodi > Sundowns and Kaizer Chiefs until late evening so that workers attending May > Day celebrations can be able to attend or watch the match from the comforts > of stadium grandstands or their homes. > > “If the PSL adheres to this request it will be a victory for the majority of > workers who are the real custodians of football in our country, as opposed > to the PSL chasing half-time adverts or broadcasting profit embedded > spin-offs.” > > Mxolisi Ncube > > -- > 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] . > -- Mr Mmamadimo Ephraim "Thabo Mathiba Cell No:0849782879 Fax No:0865462214 Other Email:[email protected] -- 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] .
