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NUM pledges to end NUMSA hostilities Itumeleng Mafisa, The New Age, Johannesburg, 12 March 2015 The National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) has vowed to campaign for the National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa (NUMSA) to return to the fold of COSATU if the expelled union stops recruiting outside its sector. "We always wish for maximum unity among organised workers and the working class in general," NUM general secretary Frans Baleni said. "We cannot have permanent hostility towards our own. If the NUMSA leaders can make a sober reflection that what they have done is in conflict with COSATU policy positions, we will be the first ones to welcome them back." Baleni said the ball was in NUMSA's court to break the hostilities caused by their resolutions, which included organising workers outside their sector. He urged NUM members and COSATU affiliates to respect the decision taken to expel NUMSA. "We cannot be an organisation without rules. The sixth congress of COSATU resolved as follows: any affiliate that holds membership in a sector that is not classified as their scope in terms of current COSATU demarcation should hand over such membership to the affiliate organising in that sector within a period of not more than six months," he said. "They demanded to be expelled, the CEC (central executive committee) has been trying and refusing. If they withdraw and suspend their special congress decision, we will be the first to welcome them back, but we cannot allow COSATU to be divided." NUMSA was accused by leaders of NUM of trying to form an alternative labour federation to rival COSATU. NUMSA had gone as far as recruiting a rival union to NUM. Baleni said NUM had taken note of the absence of COSATU general secretary Zwelinzima Vavi from COSATU's previous central executive committee meeting. "We are studying the report into the general secretary. We will express our thoughts when we are reconvened by the leadership. Clearly there is evidence of a collapse in governance. There are certain things that need to be done and reviewed to strengthen good governance," he said. [email protected] From: http://tnaepaper.co.za/ -- -- 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.
