Sinikeni ezinhlanu!Kusukela ngomhla ka-24 ukuya kumhla ka-26 i-Numsa izoba neNgqungquthela Yezingxoxo Kazwelonke. Ukusuka manje kuze kube yileso sikhathi, nina njengamalungu e-Numsa, kufanele niphikisane futhi nixoxe ngokuthi nifuna ukuthi abanimele ezingxoxweni bethuleni ngaphambi komqashi. Esikhathini esedlule, abanimele ezingxoxweni nanibanikeza uhlu olude lwezimfuno okwakufanele baxoxe ngazo nomqashi. Kaningi lokhu kwakwenza ukuthi abanimele baphambuke ezindabeni ezibalulekile njengendlela yokuzama ukuwina ezinye. Kulokhu sifuna nicabangisise ngezindaba ezinhlanu kuphela ezizoguqula indawo yenu yokusebenzela futhi kwenze ngcono nezimo zenu emsebenzini nasemakhaya.
Gee ons vyf!Numsa hou sy Nasionale Bedingingskonferensie vanaf 24 tot 26 April. Van nou af tot dan toe moet Numsa-lede met mekaar praat oor wat hulle wil híª hulle onderhandelaars moet van die werkgewers vra. In die verlede het julle vir onderhandelaars “˜n lang lys versoeke gegee om oor te onderhandel. Dit laat onderhandelaars dikwels afdwaal van die belangrike kwessies sodat hulle die ander sake kan wen. Hierdie keer wil ons híª julle moet besluit oor net 5 kwessies wat julle werkplek sal verander, en julle omstandighede by die werk en by die huis sal verbeter.
Re neng tse hlano!Ho tloha ka la 24 ho ya ho la 26 Mmesa Numsa e tla tshwara Khonferense ya Naha ya Ditherisano tse Kopanetsweng tsa Basebetsi le Boramesebetsi (National Bargaining Conference). Ho tloha hona jwale ho fihlela nakong eo, lona ditho tsa Numsa, le lokela ho ngangisana le buisane ka seo le batlang hore bao ba le emetseng ditherisanong ba di fetisetse ho boramesebetsi. Nakong e fetileng le nehile bao ba le emetseng ditherisanong lenane le le telele la ditseko tseo re neng re lokela ho rerisana ka tsona. Hona hangata ho neha bao ba le emetseng ditherisanong ho kgeloha dintlheng tsa bohlokwa e le ha ba leka ho fenya tse ding tsa tsona.Jwale re batla hore le nahanisisa hantle mme le re nehe dintlha tse hlano tse tla fetola dibaka tseo le sebetsang ho tsona mme di ntlafatse maemo a tshebetso moo le sebetsang mmoho le lapeng.
Numsa’s theme this year is to “Confront the logic of capital through collective bargaining”.What events and statistics are encouraging us to take on capital?
Between 1999 and 2006 the economy has grown but not everyone has seen the benefits.
White monopoly capital has co-opted some elements of the black middle class but has excluded the working class and the poor.
Between 1998 and 2002, workers’ share of national income dropped from 50% to under 45%. BUT money that went to profits (ie the rich) went from under 27% to around 32%.
About 8 million people were unemployed in the country in 2006 – 1 out of 4 people who want a job are unemployed; the vast majority of the unemployed are black and under the age of 35
Within the black oppressed majority, class differences are beginning to be sharp, fostered by the accumulation regime underway in South Africa.
The spatial features of inequality in South Africa resemble that of Apartheid, with former Bantustans reflecting a huge concentration of inequality, poverty and unemployment.
The distribution of skills, knowledge and income are still that of apartheid social relations.
White monopoly capital still constitutes the principal enemy of our revolution.
To take on capital we must pursue transformative demands which can help restructure our society in favour of the working class and the poor. Confronting the class logic of capital is about asserting the hegemony of the proletariat over that of monopoly capital. It is about linking our short term demands to our long term strategy of building a socialist society, a society which will meet the basic needs of our society. It is about rolling back the class logic of capital, market fundamentalism.
Bargaining top of the agendaFrom April 24 to 26 Numsa will hold its National Bargaining Conference. Here it will debate proposed demands from all nine regions and put forward common demands to put to employers.
Between now and April 24, you the Numsa members must debate and discuss in your workplaces, in your local general meetings, the demands that you want your negotiators to put to employers.Read the general secretary’s editorial and the stories below to get your ideas steaming.
In the past you have given negotiators a long shopping list of demands for them to negotiate. This often makes negotiators deviate from the key issues so as to try and win the other ones.This time we want you to think hard of just five issues that will change your workplace and improve your conditions at work and at home. Discuss with your fellow workers and fill in this table; take your ideas to your Local General Meeting or send them to us at Numsa News.
Give us five!
What I want?
How will this demand change my life?
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