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Delayed launch of NUMSA's United Front not a 'crisis' Karl Gernetzky, Business Day, Johannesburg, 12 December 2014 The National Union of Metalworkers of SA (NUMSA) announced on Thursday that the launch of the United Front has been delayed until next year. This may be a signal the metalworkers union's attempt to spearhead a new movement to challenge the current socioeconomic order is foundering. NUMSA had resolved to form the United Front to fight for working-class issues, a possible forerunner to the formation of a worker's party. This weekend will instead see a "people's assembly" to discuss the formal launch of the party, which might take place around April next year, NUMSA general secretary Irvin Jim said on Thursday. The level of support being registered for the United Front has been widely questioned, including by the South African Communist Party (SACP) - which NUMSA maintains is part of a "right-wing clique" within the tripartite alliance that is attempting to neuter organised labour. Numerous organisations including unions such as the Association of Mineworkers and Construction Union (AMCU) have rebuffed efforts from NUMSA and other organisers at engagement, while a march in Ekurhuleni last month registered a dismal turnout. A failure to gain traction ahead of the launch was however denied by NUMSA on Thursday. "I must be very sincere and absolutely honest - the response on the United Front call has been very big to a point where we could be launching this weekend. There is no crisis," Mr Jim said. NUMSA, which has been expelled from COSATU, said on Thursday it would continue its attempts to return to the federation, through legal challenges to the constitutionality of its expulsion, as well as its appeal directly to COSATU. From: http://www.bdlive.co.za/national/politics/2014/12/12/delayed-launch-of-NUMSA s-united-front-not-a-crisis -- -- 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/d/optout.
