SACTWU - Shop Stewards Bulletin No.9
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- Title
- SACTWU - Shop Stewards Bulletin No.9
- Creator
- SACTWU
- Date Issued
- Apr-99
- Description
- This year's May Day celebrations will take on a special meaning and character. It constitutes an important date in the tripartite alliance's 1999 general elections campaign. This is an important opportunity for workers to pause, and to reflect on our achievements over the last five years of democratic rule. Are workers better off than before? Have our rights been strengthened or weakened? It is also an important moment for workers to deliberate on the future challenges, as we approach the election of our second democratic government. Do we expect workers to become better off? Will our rights be strengthened or attacked? Over the past five years, many new laws have been placed before our first-ever- democratic parliament. All the new laws have been important to cement our democracy, and to bury apartheid. Some laws, like the adoption of the new constitution (with an enshrined right to strike!), the Public Holidays Act, the Basic Conditions of Employment Act, the Labour Relations Act, the Skills Development Act, the Restitution of Land Act, and the Employment Equity Act, have special significance for workers. It has advanced and strengthened our rights. It has given us a good platform of worker rights from which to further our fight for a better life for workers. In parliament, some parties have voted for these new laws - others have voted against them. As we approach the June 2nd general election, there will be many . sweet promises on many issues, by all the different political parties. We must be clear, and judge the parties by their record: have they voted for or against worker rights over the past five years? Strong worker rights strengthen worker power. Strong worker power helps workers in their fight for a better life. We must call on our members to vote for a party which has strengthened worker power. Vote for a party which has voted for worker rights over the last five years!
- Format
- Language
- English
- Type
- text
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/10962/116962
- Archive
- Cory Library for Humanitites Research
- Provenance
- The item is held at the Cory Library for Humanities Research, Rhodes University, on behalf of the Labour Research Service
- Extent
- 68 pages
- Rights
- Southern African Clothing and Textile Workers' Union (SACTWU)
- Rights Holder
- Southern African Clothing and Textile Workers' Union (SACTWU)
- Use/re-use
- 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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