Labour minister lashes Vavi and others threatening to break from COSATU NCE Mkhize, Business Day, Johannesburg, 25 August 2013 Labour Minister Mildred Oliphant on Saturday lambasted suspended Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU) general secretary Zwelinzima Vavi and other union leaders, warning them that they will not succeed in dividing the trade union federation. Ms Oliphant was addressing the 12th national congress of the South African Clothing and Textile Workers Union (SACTWU) at Durban's Inkosi Albert Luthuli Convention Centre on Saturday. "This is also a time of various movements, not only within the alliance but within unions themselves, who seem to have taken a position that the whole union movement can be sacrificed for the benefit of individuals, however out of order some of their actions are," she said. "Today we are confronted with a spectre of threats to break away and form new unions. Today we cannot speak to each other politely and with respect. We use the media. Our diplomacy and negotiation is done through the megaphone and we shout for the whole world to see our nakedness and our disagreement," said Ms Oliphant. She warned workers to guard unity jealously because it forged through blood and tears of workers and freedom fighters. "We should also be always alive to the forces of darkness that threaten to tear our alliance and we should be resolute that this will not happen under our watch. "The African National Congress still remains the only home for trade unions in this country. If anyone were to tell you otherwise, they would be lying," she said. The SACTWU conference is expected to end on Sunday evening. From: http://www.bdlive.co.za/national/labour/2013/08/25/labour-minister-lashes-va vi-union-leaders-over-COSATU-infighting -- -- 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 received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "YCLSA Discussion Forum" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
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