LOSES. MAYEKISO, striking worker from in South Africa, has been tourBlack workers at Sarmcol, which is owned by British Tyre and Rubber, have been on strike for 48 weeks over starvation level wages and for trade union recognition of the MAWU (Metal Allied Workers Union).
Moses Mayekiso Was interviewed for Socialist Action PAUL PERKINS and ATMA SINGH.
a in South Africa at t u describe the situ moment? We heard that were detained just in 1 was detained to gain solidarity the battles 1n the 2. Workers of the ship federation should the ommittee body cture. dustry.
→ The shot dead the who Elijah the first retaliated president Confederation South stones. Unions five days The AVEN CI police (Cosati), 'The under Force.
trol.' tell There were for Cosatu? was The When we fighting lice he whole They about the bosses.
me. tability organising. must Cosate was in own leadership. MAWU of Cosatu the same Africa.
of meetings At our founding congress we alve has no principles that were agreed decisions.
picscuit.
racialism.
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egan gets his war chest ON 1S APRIL US President Reagan will again go to Less asking for $100m aid for the Contras. As pet ef bis supposed international crusade against The will be funding an army that has carred put 1,268 attacks on civilian targets in the last five years.
Congress will probably Daniel Ortega flatly the aid, but hold up invasion delivery for 90 days to hostile intention to Honthe Sandinistas NOTHI ace' to negotiate with were maintained with de Contras. This is a shift Honduras during the in from last month when cursion.
It package was voted In fact, this was simply the latest of no less than Since then, Reagan has border incidents claimed that a hot pursuit resulting from the Contra into :.onduras San- wal None of these dinista troops that hit described invasions' contra in their base camps even by Reagan. This time was an 'invasion'. though, he Hushed Nicaraguan President million emergency the decision of all factories is final.
We also have shop stewards councils example the Johannesburg local has 20 factories that meet weekly. They make decisions and implement like on dismissals • DIOUSCU Day mobilisations Although union is new, our members quickly to organise themselves.
What are some of the pro. blems Cosata faces when trying to unionie ers?
companies against recognition.
The But workers we some them to about But Inese have come strength. migrant system, DaoS laws.
us down.
cheap to organise duras which the for, used US helicopters have effecLULIC rights comofficer in Honduran Reagan's hypocrisy scare on context by, it was challenge Africa's to apartheid with Democratic areas.
UDFR The Cosatu, good move.
liberation struggle that.
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responses only scabbing "sleeping in' that: 'the Cosatu comprogressive fight (United in all of ANC, was The appreciate all that racist We division He workers He is heart' the pro Workers air separate US navy Nicaraguan waters Corinto, this month are on unit that since 1981.
battlefield Central He will going into movement cept this.
Freedom all pressure brought to companics millions, ing us. They any Africa.
future? money for There USA.
tion groups petitions, Terrace, THE CONGRESS of South African Trade Unions (COSATU) has called on its members to stay away from work on 1 May, reaffirming previous declarations of intent to hold large scale industrial actions on May day.
Jay Naidoo, secretary y of COSATU, issued the call on 14 April and said the union would ask its members to attend mass rallies to press industrial and political demands.
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