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HeraldLive reports that Irvin Jim, general secretary of the National Union of Metalworkers of SA (Numsa) has called on members to support the formation of a new labour federation and workers’ party.
He said details would be revealed at an appropriate time. Jim was addressing hundreds of Numsa members who travelled from all parts of the country to attend the Mbuyiselo Ngwenda memorial lecture in New Brighton on Sunday. He stated: “We are going to call on Numsa members to swell the ranks of the United Democratic Front structures. We are not in a rush. We want genuine cadres of the working class. We want those who will go back to basics. Those who will tell others that we have had enough of poverty. We are going to defend the rights and the hard-won benefits of workers.” Jim also took a swipe at Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa over the R3,500 minimum wage, saying it was a “slavery wage”. He moreover hit out at the government for wanting to “tamper” with the right of workers to strike.
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