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26 May 2017 SADTU rejects the fictitious Business Day article on the Public Service The South African Democratic Teachers Union has noted with disdain a front page article by the Business Day on the 25th of May titled: "PSA, FEDUSA alliance to change labour landscape". The article is very remote from the truth and facts about the Public Service Bargaining Council. The fact that the editor of the publication even allowed it to leave the concerned journalist's desk into the pages of this publication remains a mystery. A rudimentary desk top research on the composition of the PSCBC would have revealed the required facts before constructing such a report. The suggestion that the balance of power in the council is about to change with the PSA/FEDUSA alliance and that COSATU was bound to be the biggest loser is nothing but someone's wishful thinking. Fictitious, misleading Frankly, the article is fictitious and it is our strong view that its real intention is to breathe life into the misleading narrative that COSATU is now a shadow of its former self and a spent force. The biggest losers, to steal from the author's words, unfortunately, are the readers of the publication who have been exposed to way below par journalism. Fact of the matter is that COSATU Unions in the PSCBC under the umbrella of the Joint Mandating Committee still have an overwhelming majority in the council. The COSATU affiliates SADTU, POPCRU, NEHAWU, DENOSA, SAMA, PAWUSA and SASAWU make up to 59,4% of the council whilst the non COSATU aligned unions called the Independent Labour Caucus make up the rest. Fake news A reality that the publication chose to ignore is that an alignment of the PSA and FEDUSA will have absolutely no quantitative bearing on the composition of the PSCBC. The PSA is already part of the council, its alignment with other unions through FEDUSA that are outside of this very council has no material impact and we will not lose any sleep over it. We would have expected that for a publication such as the Business Day this would have been a fairly easy equation to understand. In defence of the readers of what we thought was a reputable publication, we are calling upon the Business Day to resist the temptation to be the pallbearer of an anti-COSATU agenda. Even a publication like this one will always come second best to the truth and hard facts. Let the readers get their money's worth as a basic consumer right. SADTU Secretariat Contact: Mugwena Maluleke, General Secretary, 082 783 2968 Nkosana Dolopi, Deputy General Secretary, 082 709 5651 Nomusa Cembi, Media Officer, 082 719 5157 __________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of detection engine 15479 (20170526) __________ The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. http://www.eset.com ________________________________ [http://imageshack.com/a/img32/381/6b28.png] E-mail Disclaimer: The information contained in this communication is confidential and may be legal privileged. It is intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom it is addressed and others authorised to received it. If you are not the intended recipient you are hereby notified that any disclosure, copying, distribution or taking action in reliance of the contents of this information is strictly prohibited and may be unlawful. The views and opinions expressed in this e-mail are those of the sender unless clearly stated as those of South African Democratic Teachers Union (SADTU). SADTU accepts no liability whatsoever for any loss or damages incurred or suffered arising from the use of this e-mail or its attachments. SADTU does not warrant the integrity of this e-mail nor that it is free of errors, viruses, interception or interference. -- -- 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]. To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/yclsa-eom-forum. To view this discussion on the web, visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/yclsa-eom-forum/533A2CE396AEAF46A12C809E9F98070501D11E873F%40sadtuex01.SADTU.org.za. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
