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SAMWU urgent National Press Conference tomorrow!

SAMWU urgent National Press Conference tomorrow! All members of the media are invited

SAMWU PRESS STATEMENT.
4th March 2010.

The South African Municipal Workers Union (SAMWU) the largest local government Union would like to call a press conference tomorrow, the 5th of March 2010, to give a briefing on the political and local government discussions that took place today at the Unions National Executive Committee (NEC).

The purpose of this Press Conference will be to pronounce on pressing political issues including relations within the Tripartite Alliance and the Government, the continuing challenges that face the working class and the poor people at this time. The Press Conference will be addressed by the national leadership of the Union.

SAMWU PRESS STATEMENT
03rd March 2010

It is with our greatest disappointment, that we have to register our collective concern as a Union at a Branch level, in light of what is being articulated in the media, concerning the state Msunduzi Municipality in Pietermaritzburg (KZN) is in financially.

The assertions made by the Co-operative Governance and Traditional Affairs MEC over the past week to say that Msunduzi’s finances have mysteriously run dry, surely did not go down well with our members within the Municipality in question. The budget is said to be unable to afford a week’s running of the Municipality! The greatest fear currently is where are the workers’ salaries going to come from. Let alone the money necessary to sustain service delivery.

SAMWU PRESS STATEMENT
01 March 2010

The 6th International Israeli Apartheid Week (IAW) will take place across the globe from the 1st to the 7th of March 2010! Since the launch of the IAW it has seen great successes and has become one of the most important activities in the Palestinian solidarity calendar.

The highlight event that has been organized for Johannesburg South Africa, a rally outside the Israeli Embassy in Pretoria, will take place on the 5th of March 2010. The Coalition for a Free Palestine invites all South Africans to partake in this historic event.

SAMWU will not give up the fight

SAMWU will not give up the fight in the North West province. We will not be deterred by the violence and intimidation

SAMWU PRESS STATEMENT.
26th February 2010.

As the largest local government Union, the South African Municipal Workers Union (SAMWU) would like to condemn in the strongest possible manner the heavy handed tactics used by the SAPS yesterday in Madibeng (Brits) North West province against community members and workers. We would like to indicate to the SAPS that we will not be deterred by the violence you direct against us time and time again. We refuse to drink and give our children contaminated water! We will continue to fight corruption and appalling service delivery within Local Government and any other public entity.

“Why should we keep quiet when our families’ lives are at risk?” Residents of the Oukasie community in Madibeng (Brits) are frustrated and decided to take to the streets yesterday. They are forced to feed their babies with dirty and contaminated water. The Madibeng Municipality has a nasty history of poor service delivery. Today the ANC Government will listen to them, we as SAMWU will make sure of that.

SAMWU Limpopo programme of Action

SAMWU Limpopo programme of Action against corruption and outsourcing!

2010 Campaign

SAMWU PRESS STATEMENT.
25th February 2010.

02-05 March
Demonstration and picketing from 07h00-09h00
All Municipalities in the province

16 March
Local March
Musina Municipality

SAMWU PRESS STATEMENT.
25th February 2010.

In what is fast becoming a milestone dispute in South African industrial relations history, more than 280 municipal workers from the former Midrand Town Council are still actively campaigning for the jobs that were taken from them when they were unfairly dismissed, on the eve of South African democracy in 1994.

The story behind this long and bitter dispute is riddled with evidence of Council corruption and abuses of authority by Council Officials. In total, 600 workers lost their jobs, and those who are still alive and resident in Gauteng have been campaigning ever since for a settlement that provides them with employment. The hardship that many of these workers have experienced over the last 17 years cannot be denied. The fact that they have remained resolute and committed to a successful outcome is in itself a remarkable achievement.

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