NUMSA MEMBERS TO MARCH IN AFFLUENT AND EXCLUSIVE PLAYING-GROUND FOR THE RICH - MELROSE ARCH FOR A LIVING WAGE AND SUSTAINABLE LIVELIHOODS

The National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa (NUMSA) representing 4000 workers working at Xstrata will be marching tomorrow Tuesday 15 November 2011, Melrose Arch, Johannesburg, Gauteng province. This march forms part of the organizational strategy to exert pressure to Xstrata ruling oligarchy to accede to workers demands.

The march will be led by NUMSA President CEDRIC GINA and COSATU 2nd Deputy President ZINGISWA LOSI.

A throng of 4000 workers will converge at open ground space, Melrose Arch tomorrow morning to hand-over a Memorandum of Demands to Xstrata's Director-Human Resource Mr Edwin Hlatshwayo.

This march will be taking place amidst the impromptu arrest of NUMSA members by SAPS under the instruction of one of  Xstrata's key executive. The arrested members have since been released by a sober Rusternburg Magistrate Court judge after presenting concrete evidence that state organs, particularly police are being abused or bullied to muzzle and deny workers their constitutional rights to assemble or embark on a protected industrial action. This march will also serve as a platform to caution the ruling class that workers are not blind and their refuse to be subjected to the old apartheid era police tactics of trampling upon their rights.

The details of the march are as follows:

DATE: Tuesday 15 November 2011

TIME: 11h00am

VENUE: Open Ground,  Melrose Arch,Cnr Athol Oaklands and Wilowbrook Close Johannesburg, Gauteng

Members of the media are hereby invited to attend and report. Please confirm attendance with NUMSA National Spokesperson

Statement issued by Castro Ngobese, NUMSA National Spokesperson, November 14 2011

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