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Trade union Solidarity has given Hyundai and Yes4Youth until Friday to respond to a lawyer’s letter about their employment programme that has been made available only to young black persons.
Connie Mulder, head of the Solidarity Research Institute (SRI), noted: “One of the requirements of the Yes4Youth programme is that one must be currently unemployed. Another requirement, however, is that one must be black. In other words, apart from skin colour, there is no difference in the circumstances of the white unemployed person and the black unemployed person. To call something “redress” that is linked to racial preference, is absurd. What this means is that these organisations are kicking people who are already down, and this for no reason other than the colour of their skin.” According to Solidarity, the situation is exacerbated by the fact that the absurdity of giving aid to the unemployed on the basis of race has already been pointed out to Yes4Youth in the past. Following that, Yes4Youth’s legal team made written promises to Solidarity that the programme would be accessible to all young people. “It is completely outrageous that Yes4Youth would lie so blatantly despite the promises it has made to us in writing. The youth unemployment crisis surpasses race. To still argue that a specific race’s young unemployed have greater value than the young belonging to another race group, is morally indefensible,” Mulder stated.
- Read Solidarity’s press statement in regard to the above matter at Solidarity News
- Lees ook, Regstappe dreig oor werk vir ‘slegs’ jong swartes, by Maroela Media
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