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Urgent Press Conference: NUMSA national Office Bearers (NOBs’) to address members of the Media – Tuesday 26 November 2013

The National Office Bearers (NOBs’) of National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa (Numsa) will address members of the media this afternoon, Tuesday 26 November 2013, at 15h00pm, NUMSA Head Office, 153 Bree (Cnr Gerard Sekoto) Street, Newtown, Johannesburg, Gauteng

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Urgent Press Conference: NUMSA national Office Bearers (NOBs’) to address members of the Media – Tuesday 26 November 2013

The National Office Bearers (NOBs’) of National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa (Numsa) will address members of the media this afternoon, Tuesday 26 November 2013, at 15h00pm, NUMSA Head Office, 153 Bree (Cnr Gerard Sekoto) Street, Newtown, Johannesburg, Gauteng

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The Rightward Drift in the National Liberation Movement

Ideological Reflections and Responses to Some of the Recent Attacks National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa (Numsa) 1. The political context 1. The working class is under siege from the forces of capitalism. These forces are within and outside

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Zwelinzima Vavi statement on the occasion of him being placed on special leave

Yesterday the 15th of August 2013, COSATU National Office Bearers (NOBs) held a historic press conference to announce that I have been placed on special leave pending an investigation and disciplinary action. Today I am releasing the letter my lawyers

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NUMSA General Secretary Irvin Jim’s response to ANC Deputy Secretary General Jessie Duarte’s City Press column on COSATU’s Zwelinzima Vavi

Tuesday August 06, 2013 Comrade Jessie Duarte wrote to the City Press, “Don’t mask exploitation with claims of conspiracy”, Sunday August 05, 2013, in reference to the allegations of sexual harassment against Comrade Zwelinzima Vavi, general secretary of Cosatu. The

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Motsotso wa NUMSA

What is Motsotso wa NUMSA – the NUMSA moment – and how is it going to play out in South Africa social and economic crisis well known by the triple crisis of poverty, inequality and unemployment. How does it link

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Collective bargaining will never be the same

Delegates from Numsa’s nine regions sat shoulder to shoulder to participate in the recent national bargaining conference (NBC). It is a momentous conference that takes place every three years for most sectors organised by the giant union. Numsa collective bargaining

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Media Invitation to a Press Conference

NUMSA & FAWU to unveil a programme to fast-track Land redistribution in South Africa. IRVIN JIM, National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa (NUMSA) General Secretary and MOLEKO PHAKEDI, Food and Allied Workers Union (FAWU) Deputy General Secretary, will address

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Numsa to hold a press conference on the planned action against Nissan

NUMSA TO HOLD A PRESS CONFERENCE ON THE PLANNED ACTION AGAINST JAPANESE CAR MANUFACTURER NISSAN IRVIN JIM, Numsa General Secretary, will address members of the media tomorrow Sunday 02 June 2013, at 12h00, Western Cape province. He will be joined

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