Karl cloete
'Eskom must publicise its financial records'
Numsa wants the power house to open its records to determine how much it’s paying for coal & diesel.
Numsa says the document is part of a pattern of using intelligence forces to deal with legitimate campaigns.
Numsa deputy general secretary Karl Cloete says Numsa is now taking legal advice.
Cosatu's Karl Cloete says they need to find out if Cosatu’s proposed action is legal.
An estimated 200,000 Numsa members have been on strike since 1 July.
Over 200,000 Numsa affiliated workers are seeking a 12 percent wage hike across the board.
Numsa is undeterred by threats of mass dismissals over its planned strike for wage hikes next month.
Members in the engineering, communications and automotive sectors will go on strike on 1 July.
Numsa has donated over R60 million towards alliance programmes between 2003 and 2013.
The union is considering forming a new independent labour federation, as a last resort.
The union says it believes Cosatu is preparing to take serious action against it.
Zwelinzima Vavi’s supporters want a special congress to decide on the future of the leaders in Cosatu.
Nine unions supporting Zwelinzima Vavi want Cosatu leaders to resign so fresh elections can take place.
Today's mass action is expected to hit operations in the metal and automotive sectors.
Numsa says it has already sent a 54-page response to Cosatu.
The metalworkers union says it knows of a plan to cause disunity from within the organisation.
The metalworkers union says it won’t allow criminals to take Cosatu away from them.
Numsa says SA should prepare for consultative congresses on the establishment of a socialist movement.
Senior union leaders say nothing can bring back Cedric Gina.