Tell him Mr President as NUMSA has allies internationally and he should learn more about the organisation as he is now earning a decent salary and able to use the technology. NUMSA is fighting for decent wages, banning of the labour brockers, permanent jobs, benefits, etc... The list is endless so he should be active if he is a member Sent from my BlackBerry® wireless device
-----Original Message----- From: Cedric Gina <[email protected]> Sender: [email protected] Date: Thu, 16 Jun 2011 14:21:34 To: [email protected]<[email protected]> Reply-To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [YCLSA Discussion] "Irvin Jim tarnishes Numsa’ s reputation" This is so clear that this is not a Numsa member! Kind regards, Cedric Sabelo Gina On 16 Jun 2011, at 11:43, Dominic Tweedie <[email protected]> wrote: > > <New Age.png> > > > Numsa’s Irvin Jim tarnishes union’s reputation > > > Themba Msomi, Imbizo - My Debate, The New Age, 16 June 2011 > > In our shop steward meetings, workers are irked by continuous media attacks > on the South African Communist party (SACP), spearheaded by none other than > National Union of Metalworkers (Numsa) general-secretary, Irvin Jim. > > This confuses me a lot, for since I joined the union, I was taught that one > of the foremost workers’ ally and vanguard of their interests is the SACP – > the very one that has become Jim’s daily punching bag . > > Numsa’s impeccable revolutionary credentials and rich history compelled me to > sign up for SACP membership in my first month of joining the union. > > It was unthinkable to be a Numsa member without carrying SACP membership at > the same time. > > That was long before Irvin Jim’s time. Back then, Numsa’s association with > the party was not mere empty utterances but a dynamic relationship whose > expression was witnessed in action. > > Numsa was respected in Cosatu, not only for its numbers but largely for the > quality of its leadership and revolutionary nature of its membership. > > At the risk of putting my career in jeopardy, I would like to say that it is > unacceptable that in a new South Africa, with progressive labour laws, > workers rights continue to be trampled upon. > > Even with a union on our side, workers cannot freely express themselves. It > is a travesty of justice for any worker who works for a living to still be > unable to make ends meet. > > A minimum wage should afford the worker the ability to meet the basic cost of > living and care for his family. > > I work in the motor industry in Durban and I’m afraid to say that workers are > literally worked to death through long hours of labour and unpaid overtime > each month. It is shocking and alarming that workers remain > vulnerable at the production point. > > To boost production, management insist in paying slave wages, continue using > labour brokers and employ low wage temporary staff with few rights. > > These short cut measures are responsible for poor quality and the recent > recall of vehicles experienced all over the world. These horrible conditions > are potential personal injury risks to workers and consumers alike. > > Instead of bashing SACP leadership, Numsa should be seeking support from its > revolutionary ally to pressurise management to address pressing worker > issues. > > Why should workers continue to work up to 16 hours a day, seven days a week, > while all Numsa does is agonise, jealously, that Nzimande is a cabinet > minister? > > For many years Fidel Castro has been the general-secretary of the Communist > Party of Cuba and president at the same time. Fidel Castro is now retired. > > Themba Msomi is from Lwembu Road, Kwamashu, Durban. > > > From: http://www.thenewage.co.za/blogdetail.aspx?mid=186&blog_id=%20778 > > > > > -- > 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] . -- 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] . -- 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] .
