Media Statement 30th November 2011 POPCRU on COSATU 26th Anniversary POPCRU, COSATU largest Trade Unions within the Criminal Justice wishes the Federation well on its 26th Anniversary on the 01st of December 1985. Since our affiliation to COSATU we have being part of the growing Federation in which the recent Central Executive Committee eloquently asserted its revolutionary disposition and said, ‘Without maximum unity COSATU will cease to be the hope of South Africans across class and colour divides; it cannot be the moral compass, a fearless spokesperson of the most downtrodden and a reliable friend and ally of the oppressed and exploited across the globe’. POPCRU has continued to honour the respect of the Federation’s Constitution by participating in activities championed to consolidate the Unity of Workers across all sectors of the economy, be it private or public. POPCRU, as part the Labour Movement and an Affiliate of COSATU, we reiterate our commitment ‘to be politically conscious’ and be able ‘to articulate and engage in political debates at all levels of our structures’. And POPCRU has acknowledged the historic milestones achieved within the 26 years of struggle to assert worker’s issues in particular and having molded and shaped the attainment of democracy in the country and prioritizing international solidarity with workers and the people of Swaziland, Lesotho, Botswana, Palestine, Burma, Somalia, Zimbabwe etc. And this tenacity was proved recently with the hosting of ITUC-Africa in South Africa and it was provable that COSATU continues to be a model of a modern Trade Union Movement in Africa. We must continue to realize a fact that ‘at every step, the workers come face to face with the main enemy-the capitalist class. And in combat with this enemy, workers must continue to struggle to become socialists’, to crush the parasitic mode of capitalism. COSATU is indeed a catalyst for Worker’s Economic Freedom and ‘Building COSATU engines to heighten Class Consciousness for an alternative Development Path’, starts with strong, vibrant and worker-driven organizations. The struggle continues….. ‘for as long as the classes exist, the class struggle is inevitable’ Happy Birthday COSATU! For Enquiries: POPCRU General Secretary-Cde Nkosinathi Theledi 0825677803 Issued by: Mampane Norman National Spokesperson Police and Prisons Civil Rights Union Tel: 0112424600/4615 Cell: 0720737959/0722000275 Email: [email protected] www.popcru.org.za 01 Marie Road Auckland Park 2006
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