Ten years in defence and advancement of worker rights
Item
- Title
- Ten years in defence and advancement of worker rights
- Description
- Whereas the SOUTHERN AFRICAN CLOTHING AND TEXTILE WORKERS' UNION is an association not for gain, non-racial registered trade union, unaffiliated to any political party and whereas the SOUTHERN AFRICAN CLOTHING AND TEXTILE WORKERS' UNION is dedicated and committed - irrespective of race, colour, creed or sex: to promote and maintain free democratic trade unionism for all workers in Southern Africa and to oppose the exploitation of cheap labour; to advance the dignity, rights, socio-economic and cultural well-being of all workers in Southern Africa through collective bargaining and free negotiation; to do all in our power to assist in fully developing the full potential of workers and their children in the economic, social, political and cultural fields; to oppose any forms of discrimination which could prevent all the people of this land from being able to trade, manufacture, practise all crafts, trades and professions and own land, live and be educated where and as they choose; to defend the right to equal status in the eyes of the law for all people and to support the rule of just law; to maintain the right to free compulsory and equal education for all children and the opportunity for all students to receive the highest specialised training; to promote the right to full employment for all people of Southern Africa; to promote the right for all people to live where they choose, to be properly and decently housed, and to raise their families in security and comfort; to promote a system whereby the aged and infirm are supported regardless of income or status; to pursuing an enlightened programme to assist unorganised workers, and to develop educational facilities within the trade union movement; to disseminate as widely as possible press democratic trade union principles among all workers in the industry; to promote the sharing of the fruits of the labour of all workers in the industry.
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/10962/111063
- Date Issued
- 2001
- Creator
- SACTWU
- Rights
- Southern African Clothing and Textile Workers' Union (SACTWU)
- Rights Holder
- Southern African Clothing and Textile Workers' Union (SACTWU)
- Provenance
- The item is held at the Cory Library for Humanities Research, Rhodes University, on behalf of the Labour Research Service
- Type
- text
- Extent
- 44 pages
- Format
- Language
- English
- Location - Physical Location
- Cory Library for Humanitites Research
- useGuidelines
- The materials are made available explicitly for research and educational purposes. Any use of these materials must be cleared with the Labour Research Service.
- Item sets
- General Materials
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