COSATU enraged by mass dismissals and now mobilizing for solidarity action 22 October 2012 The Congress of South Africa Trade Unions has been utterly disgusted and angered by the mass dismissal of workers by mining bosses in the recent months using the flimsy excuse that these workers are engaged in unprotected strikes. We are aware that some mining companies have opportunistically been using such a fragile trick, to coldheartedly dismiss workers without paying them retrenchment packages that they would have been required to pay. The crisis that has engulfed the mining industry is primarily the fault of the employers themselves and they should not attempt to take short-cuts to avoid it. Had the mining bosses not been paying workers a pittance, we would not be having these strikes in the first place. We therefore call for the immediate reinstatement of all workers that have been dismissed and we also call for the restoration in full of all the benefits that accrue to these workers as though they were never dismissed. We are already in discussions with the Chamber of Mines and some of the individual employers to this effect. If the mining bosses do not accede to this demand, the totality of the capitalist class will face the full might of organized workers and also will face stiff resistance in every corner of the economy. In the coming weeks we will be engaged in a massive mobilization of workers throughout the economy to engage in solidarity protests in support of the workers demands in the mining industry and also demanding a National Minimum Wage and radical Economic Transformation in line with the recent 11th National Congress resolve. COSATU calls on all workers through our Affiliates throughout the country, to start engaging and preparing themselves for such an action. ________________________________________ Norman Mampane (Communications Officer) Congress of South African Trade Unions 110 Jorissen Cnr Simmonds Street Braamfontein 2017
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