The National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa (NUMSA) will be holding its 25TH Anniversary Rallies in the provinces of Gauteng, Eastern Cape and Western Cape, this coming Saturday 26 May 2012.
The 25TH Anniversary Rallies coincide with the annual Centenary celebrations of our glorious movement, the African National Congress (ANC), and we shall use our Rallies to celebrate and appreciate the role played by workers and trade unionists alike in building a strong, militant and revolutionary ANC that is committed in building a non-racial, non-sexist, democratic and egalitarian society as envisaged in the Freedom Charter.
The metalworkers will be celebrating their 25th Anniversary of unbroken struggle amidst the ideological onslaught waged against the working class by apartheid apologists and mouthpieces of white monopoly capital, the Democratic Alliance (DA) through the Youth Wage Subsidy, and the proposed new Labour Law Amendments by government and business which are threatening to undermine workers hard won right to strike.
These Anniversary Rallies will be addressed by the National Office Bearers (NOB’s) of the union, namely NUMSA President CEDRIC GINA, General Secretary IRVIN JIM, Deputy General Secretary KARL CLOETE and leaders from COSATU, SACP, ANC and SANCO
The details of the Rallies are as follows:
GAUTENG:
Saturday 26 May 2012, starting time, 10H00am
Speakers: NUMSA General Secretary IRVIN JIM
COSATU Provincial Secretary DUMISANI DAKILE
Venue:
Mehlareng Stadium, Tembisa, Ekurhuleni, Gauteng province
Contact person: Sizwe Dlamini, Regional Secretary, 0718748228
EASTERN CAPE:
Saturday 26 May 2012, starting time, 10H00am
Speakers:
NUMSA Deputy General Secretary KARL CLOETE
COSATU Provincial Secretary MANDLA RAYI
SACP PEC Member PHILA NKAYI
Venue: Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, Vista Campus, Missionvale, Port Elizabeth
Contact person: Phumzile Nodongwe, Regional Secretary,0788023140
WESTERN CAPE:
Saturday 26 May 2012, starting time 10H30am
Speakers:
NUMSA President CEDRIC GINA
COSATU Provincial Secretary TONY EHRENREICH
Venue: Vygieskraal Stadium, Athlone, Cape Town
Contact person:
Vuyo Lufele, Regional Secretary, 0723890408
Members of the media are hereby invited to attend and report.
Contact: Castro Ngobese, National Spokesperson – 083 627 5197
Source
Numsa Press Release