NUMSA welcomes the decision by SAFTU to go on general strike to scrap the new labour laws
20 March 2018
The National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa (NUMSA) welcomes the decision by SAFTU to go on a general strike on the 25th April, 2018 to defend the right to strike. SAFTU confirmed this at their National Executive Committee (NEC) meeting over the weekend. SAFTU is proving once again that it is a truly worker controlled militant trade union federation.
THE STATE IS ATTACKING WORKERS AND THEIR FAMILIES!
The ANC government, with the help of the leadership of COSATU; FEDUSA and NACTU, have declared war on workers and their families. On the 1st of May, which is Workers Day the state wants to implement a raft of new laws which will increase the suffering of workers and their families. They have sold out their members and the working class in general for political expediency. The leadership of these yellow federations agreed at NEDLAC to backward draconian changes to the labour laws, because they want to guarantee cabinet positions for themselves.
The proposed changes to the labour laws will have the following impact: