This is a new chapter in our politics, we pledge our support to this course & we hope it becomes a success. NDR is waiting for youth to push it to the direction it is suppose to go.
On Tue, Aug 2, 2011 at 4:56 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: > Sent via my BlackBerry from Vodacom - let your email find you! > ------------------------------ > *From: * "Patrick Craven" <[email protected]> > *Sender: * [email protected] > *Date: *Tue, 2 Aug 2011 16:41:54 +0200 > *To: *<[email protected]> > *ReplyTo: * [email protected] > *Subject: *[COSATU Press] COSATU Free State Young Workers Conference > Declaration > > **** > > *COSATU Free State Young Workers Conference Declaration* > > *Bloemfontein, 29 July 2011* > > We, the young workers coming from all the sixteen affiliates of COSATU in > the Free State, drawn from the previously disadvantaged and toiling masses > of our land, assembled in Bloemfontein on July 29, 2011. We were also buoyed > by the presence of youth structures from our alliance partners, i.e. ANCYL > and YCL. We acknowledge the presence of the student structures within our > midst, i.e. SASCO and COSAS. We also acknowledge the presence of the young > workers from our sister federations in Lesotho i.e. LLC, LECODU, LTUC and > COLETU. **** > > We have seriously interrogated the challenges facing the young workers > within the current epoch in relation to access to the scarce jobs within our > country, challenges faced by young workers once in employment and finally to > us residents and citizens beyond our workplaces. **** > > We realise the importance of us being active in the community structures as > well as progressive formations within our communities, i.e. SACP, ANC, > ANCYL, YCL, SANCO and ANCWL. We therefore duly commit to participating in > the listed MDM structures with the sole aim of driving the NDR.**** > > We draw strength from the Communist Manifesto as penned by Frederick Engels > and Karl Marx when it declares: *“Of all the classes that stand face to > face with the bourgeoisie today, the proletariat alone is a genuinely > revolutionary class. The other classes decay and finally disappear in the > face of modern industry; the proletariat is its special and essential > product”. *The statement makes us aware that we are the only future of the > working class and accept the awesome responsibility that has been bestowed > upon us by circumstances and vow to take forward the revolution. **** > > We acknowledge that the young workers have the potential to take forward > the National Democratic Revolution to its logical conclusion, in our time, > and that the NDR should be to the benefit of the working class. Anything > else would be demagogy and/or grandstanding which would not be supported by > us! We embrace the view contained in the Communist Manifesto which declares > that *“The proletarian movement is the self-conscious, independent > movement of the immense majority, in the interest of the immense majority”. > * > > Guided by the following key and strategic documents of COSATU we have > engaged on various issues confronting the young workers:**** > > **ü **COSATU’s 2015 plan**** > > **ü **10th COSATU National Congress resolution on the youth**** > > **ü **COSATU discussion paper: “A New Growth Path Towards Full > Employment” **** > > **ü **Declaration of COSATU 5th Central Committee Resolutions **** > > We have therefore taken a conscious decision to encourage young workers to > join progressive political parties and trade unions in order to realise the > broader objectives of the NDR. We shall take part in the socialist forums > conducted by COSATU Locals in the respective areas where we work and toil. > **** > > We are faced with a number of challenges in the workplaces, starting with > access to employment which is really quite difficult. When we finally find > employment an array of obstacles are lined up which makes career-pathing > very difficult. The social and workplace responsibilities sometimes become > too unbearable for some young workers. **** > > The other serious devil in the workplace is the precarious work that is > exploiting mainly young workers. We vow to fight for the banishment of all > precarious work, whatever fancy names are given to it, whether outsourcing, > privatisation, casualisation or labour broking. We intend to achieve decent > work in the short term!**** > > The working class youth are faced with an array of challenges - political, > socio-economic and structural Issues - and we derive solace from the fact > that the federation has a range of resolutions covering each one of these > challenges and that our support of these resolutions will provide a better > chance for those issues to be resolved in favour of the working class! Our > salaries and wages get eaten up by the forever skyrocketing cost of living. > We understand therefore that the COSATU Living Wage Campaign is central to > the campaigns geared at improving the lives of the working class as a whole. > **** > > We have dealt with, and made recommendations to the constitutional > structures of the federation, in relation to various issues that would > enhance the recruitment of young workers into the structures of the > federation, and have outline a clear roadmap as a recommendation to the > constitutional structures aimed at enhancing the recruitment and > mobilisation of young workers.**** > > We further commit ourselves to establishing a youth structure with the aim > of taking forward the resolutions of the federation in advancing the NDR, > advancing the interests of the working class and consolidating the current > gains made by the workers and the working class, and to politically > conscientise our youth to understand their role within the Mass Democratic > Movement structures**** > > *We commit to uphold the values of our societies which includes being > respectful to the elders and respecting the cultures and traditions of > ourselves and others * > > *We therefore declare the above and wrap of declaration with the most > famous slogan of modern times: “WORKERS OF ALL COUNTRIES UNITE”* > > Sam Mashinini**** > > COSATU FS Provincial Secretary**** > > 6th Floor Atrium Building**** > > 10 Elizabeth Street**** > > Bloemfontein**** > > 9300**** > > ** ** > > Tel: 051 447 5230 / 5499**** > > ** ** > > Fax: 051 447 5603**** > > ** ** > > Cell: 082 563 6954**** > > * * > > *"CONSOLIDATING WORKING CLASS POWER IN DEFENSE OF DECENT WORK AND > SOCIALISM"* > > * * > > ** ** > > * * > > ** ** > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "COSATU-press". 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