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Support for NUMSA Waning Within COSATU Eyewitness News, Johannesburg, 1 March 2015 The National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) says it believes support for the National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa (NUMSA) is waning from within Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU). The NUM says the union leaders calling for its reinstatement are only factions. The seven affiliates will today announce their plans to get NUMSA back into COSATU after it was expelled by the federation's central committee late last year. NUMSA was voted out of the trade union federation by 33 votes to 24 and the decision has since exposed the rift between rival affiliates. Eight of NUMSA's allies in COSATU subsequently refused to take part in the federation's meetings and have warned that if the metalworkers do not return to the fold, a mass walkout is on the cards. The NUM claims the crowd of about 100 people who protested outside COSATU house on Friday do not represent the view of the majority of unions. The mineworkers' Peter Bailey explains. "The remainder of the unions who still want the special national congress is six, but those who handed over the memorandum, are disillusioned members and outvoted leaders in the provinces." From: http://ewn.co.za/2015/03/01/NUM-support-for-NUMSA-waning-within-COSATU -- -- 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.
