NUMSA warns of evil, dark forces Ngwako Modjadji, The Citizen, Johannesburg, 1 February 2014 The deputy secretary general of COSATU's largest affiliate, the National Union of Metalworkers of SA (NUMSA), has warned that there are evil and dark forces trying to destroy the union and ensure its resolutions are not implemented. The union resolved at its special national congress in December to persuade COSATU to break from the ANC and the SA Communist Party (SACP) alliance, which it says has been co-opted by right-wing forces. It also said it will neither endorse nor support the ANC financially in the general elections. Addressing the metalworkers' union political school in Kempton Park yesterday, Karl Cloete said some of the evil and dark forces that want to destroy NUMSA sit on the third floor of COSATU headquarters in Braamfontein, Johannesburg. He told the delegates to ignore those who have sold out the working class struggle and those waiting to join the gravy train of the capitalist state. "The only people who can defend our resolution and turn them from what is mere writing on a piece of paper is our members," Cloete said. "The state of the South African working class since 1994 demands that we engage in working class struggle for working class power." He said the special national congress said the union must build a "United Front" side-by-side with an exploration on the movement for socialism. "In this regard we must declare that the launch of the United Front shall be seen on February 26 2014 when we take to the streets to struggle for decent jobs," Cloete said. "We shall march and strike with fellow working class formations and communities under the banner striking for youth jobs against false solutions." The union, which claims to have more than 330 000 members, plans to establish a new "United Front" that will co-ordinate struggles in the workplace and in communities in a similar way to the United Democratic Front in the 1980s. From: http://citizen.co.za/120092/numsa-warns-of-evil-dark-forces/ -- -- 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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