SAPO: CWU membership audit needed to assess looming go-slow at post office
5 March 2015
The Democratic Alliance (DA) calls for an immediate audit of the Communications Workers Union (CWU) membership at the SA Post Office (SAPO) for the purposes of accurately establishing the full extent of union affiliation. This will help provide clarity on the impact on service delivery in the run-up to yet another go-slow at the SAPO and what contingency plans must be put in place to ensure the post office runs as efficiently as possible.
This comes after the CWU threatened to go on a go-slow at SAPO. Comments by the CWU that that the four-month strike that ended in November 2014 would look like a "Sunday school picnic" compared to action planned is worrisome.
Indeed the last strike was characterised by extreme violence, intimidation of non-striking workers, damage to post office premises and vehicles, as well as the destruction of mail and packages.
The CWU's proposed protest action is certain to negatively impact on the entity's turnaround plan and its prospects for a sustainable future.