Numsa Shopstewards Graduate

Twenty-two Numsa Shopstewards from the Auto Sector Graduate at the Nelson Mandela Bay Metropolitan University (NMMU).

CEDRIC GINA, President of the National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa (Numsa) will pay special recognition to twenty-two (22) Numsa shopstewards who tomorrow Friday June 28, 2013 graduate at the Nelson Mandela Bay Metropolitan University (NMMU), Port Elizabeth, Eastern Cape province.

Drawn from the automotive sector, the 22 shopstewards completed in 2012 a 9-month rigorous Certificate Course in Labour in a Developing Economy that the union negotiated with NMMU’s Department of Development Studies.

The graduation is not the first of its kind by Numsa, but a continuation of similar initiatives geared at empowering worker-leaders academically and critical skills. The union has agreements with different universities where doors of learning within these institutions are opened to workers and shopstewards.

“These workers have made Numsa proud. As a union we continue to plough enormous resources in trade union education”, says Numsa President Cedric Gina. “Along with recognising their achievements and academic excellence, it is the thirst by workers for knowledge that we will celebrate during graduation day”, says Gina. “Numsa is committed to produce worker intellectuals and organic critical thinkers within formations of the working class”, concludes Gina.

Also speaking at the ceremony is:

Professor Richard Haines: Head of Development Studies, NMMU
Mr. Derrick Peo: General Manager, Manufacturing, Engineering and Related
Sector Education and Training Authority (MerSETA)

The details of the graduation are as follows:

DATE: Friday June 28, 2013
TIME: 10.00 am
VENUE: Nelson Mandela Bay Metropolitan University, Missionvale Campus, Port Elizabeth, Eastern Cape

Media will be able to photograph the graduation ceremony and interviews will be arranged upon request.

Contact:

Castro Ngobese
National Spokesperson
Mobile: 0810111137
Tel:0116891700/02

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