Is some1 in goverment listening to the cries of the working class and the poor. If our government does not listen to this class, who are they listining to? Imperialist?
On 4/17/12, Gugu Ndima <[email protected]> wrote: > **** > > * * > > *COSATU to strike against e-tolls* > > ** ** > > The Congress of South African Trade Unions is mobilizing its two million > members for the mother of all protests against the act of highway robbery > set to be committed from 30 April 2012 - the Gauteng e-tolls! **** > > ** ** > > We are confident that we will be joined by many thousands more angry > residents and motorists who support our demand for the scrapping of these > tolls and the end to privatisation and commodification of our public > services, which includes our transport network. **** > > ** ** > > Popular opposition to the tolls is overwhelming, in particular to the > latest statements by Sanral, threatening motorists who do not register for > e-tags with having to pay a punitive rate to use the toll roads, as high as > R2 per kilometre, nearly six times higher than the rate for those who have > registered.**** > > ** ** > > Having being forced to concede that buying an e-tag is not a legal > requirement, they are now trying to bully and blackmail motorists into > registering. **** > > ** ** > > These threats will have the exact opposite effect. They will infuriate > people and make them even more determined to follow COSATU’s advice not to > register and not to buy an e-tag. **** > > ** ** > > COSATU has not stopped campaigning to stop the tolls. On 7 March millions > of workers went on strike and tens of thousands took to the streets in > protest marches to demand the banning of the e-tolls and labour brokering. * > *** > > ** ** > > Since then we have been engaging with the African National Congress to > reach agreement on alternative solutions to the funding of roads. These > talks are continuing and we shall strive right up to the last minute to > have the tolls scrapped or at least postponed for a proper public debate.*** > * > > ** ** > > Meanwhile the Opposition to Urban Tolling Alliance is lodging an > application to the North Gauteng High Court to have the e-tolling > interdicted. Should that case fail, COSATU is ready to take legal action of > its own to get the tolls interdicted.**** > > ** ** > > In the end however, it is the pressure of the masses which will force > government to back down. People power has brought down governments in North > Africa; it can surely stop this assault on our living standards. Our aim is > to make the tolls uncollectible and force the government and Sanral to find > more equitable ways to pay for road improvements.**** > > ** ** > > The federation last night, 16 April 2012, issued a notice under Section 77 > of the Labour Relations Act enabling workers to engage in protected protest > action, which will include:**** > > **Ø **Rallies, marches, demonstrations, pickets, placard demonstrations, > and siyalalas at or near the offices of Sanral and the Department of > Transport, both provincial and national from 23 April 2012.**** > > **Ø **Engagement of motorists and other members of the public to inform > them of the reason for the protest action and to persuade motorists not to > buy e-tags;**** > > **Ø **A national stayaway or socioecomic strike on 30 April 2012.**** > > *Patrick Craven (National Spokesperson)* > > *Congress of South African Trade Unions* > > *110 Jorissen Cnr Simmonds Street* > > *Braamfontein* > > *2017* > > * * > > *P.O.Box 1019* > > *Johannesburg* > > *2000* > > *South Africa* > > * * > > *Tel: +27 11 339-4911 or 010 219-1339* > > *Mobile: +27 82 821 7456* > > *E-Mail: [email protected]* > > ** ** > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "COSATU-press". Visit this group at > http://groups-beta.google.com/group/COSATU-press for archived statements. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected] > Visit the COSATU web site at http://www.cosatu.org.za/homep.htm > > > > -- > Gugu Ndima > +27 76 783 1516 > > -- > 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] .
