NUMSA National Executive Committee Statement (22-24 May 2013) 26 May 2013 The National Executive Committee of Numsa met from May 22 to May 24 at the Birchwood Conference Centre. It was attended, as usual, by worker delegates from Numsa’s 9

National Office Bearers, All the 9th National Congress delegates, Leaders of the Alliance formations in attendance, International representatives of International Metalworkers Federation, International Representatives of ICEM, International representatives of World Federation of Trade Unions Invited guests, Comrades and friends, Please

Thousands of ANC members and supporters gathered at Vodacom Park Stadium, Mangaung, to celebrate 100 years of the movement, under the theme “2012 – the year of unity in diversity”. We were celebrating the existence of the oldest liberation movement

According to Statistics SA, the unions with a higher proportion of female membership still have low representation at national executive committee level. Almost half (48%) of union members are women, but at national executive committee level only 30% of the

Numsa’s national office bearers were very active in the press, on tv and in negotiations during the recent strike action. Numsa News spoke to general secretary, Irvin Jim, about the recent strike action. Could you set the scene of how

General assessment of resolutions The ANC’s 52nd National Conference (Polokwane, December 2007) took resolutions that: * effectively transform the internal workings of the ANC in recognition of contemporary challenges, continually changing conditions and the need to pay attention to new

The National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa (Numsa) is today (Wednesday) concluding its two-day National Executive Committee meeting which deliberated on major issues pertaining to the changing political outlook in the midst of the worst global economic slump our