eNCA.png NUMSA had no case: COSATU ENCA, Johannesburg, 9 June 2015 The National Union of Metalworkers of SA (NUMSA) had no case against the Congress of SA Trade Unions (COSATU), the trade union federation said on Tuesday. This following the South Gauteng High Court dismissal of an application by NUMSA to be part of COSATU's special national congress next month. "It is clear from the judge's ruling that NUMSA had no case," COSATU acting secretary Bheki Ntshalintshali told journalists outside court. "This means COSATU and its affiliates will go to the special congress next month, NUMSA is not a COSATU affiliate and is therefore excluded from the congress." He added that NUMSA should appeal against its expulsion at the ordinary congress set to take place in November. "NUMSA should follow the constitution and appeal at the congress in November where its appeal will be tabled and heard." Irvin Jim, NUMSA's secretary, came out of the courthouse with COSATU's former general secretary Zwelinzima Vavi and some of the leaders of the eight affiliates who supported the union's reinstatement. Jim told journalists that "the writing was on the wall" for members of the country's biggest trade union federation, but added that the union would not undermine Judge Mandla Mbongwe's ruling. "NUMSA will not be part of the congress. This was about NUMSA being firm that the special congress which would discuss unity and cohesion in the federation. "We have been saying there can't be unity when NUMSA's 350,000 members are excluded and out of the federation, but the judge dismissed all those voices of the workers." COSATU consisted of those who did not want NUMSA to be part of the federation, he added, much to the cheering of NUMSA members who were singing struggle songs all day outside court. "The writing is on the wall, the agenda to do away with NUMSA has won today." Mbongwe was hostile towards NUMSA, Jim said. "I want to protect the judge here. but he was hostile towards our case from the beginning." Jim said the union would hold an urgent meeting with the supporting eight affiliates to decide on the way forward. An appeal against Mbongwe's ruling was, however, not on the cards. "Why should we waste the worker's money? Workers are not interested in us coming to court, but for us to fight for their rights at work," he said. Vavi said a new federation, different from COSATU as he knew it, would emerge after the special national congress. "The end has arrived.the door has been shut in the face of 350,000 workers [NUMSA members] and more, and that is what we should discuss politically." He went on to thank members of NUMSA and the eight affiliates for their support for the embattled metals union. - ANA From: http://www.enca.com/south-africa/numsa-had-no-case-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.
