COSATU is honoured to be invited to address the National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) National Organisers Forum, which is a very important part of building organisation. The Federation is aware of the challenges faced by workers in the Mining Industry with the ongoing onslaught of retrenchments and job losses and we will continue to pledge solidarity support to save the jobs of all workers.
The federation with instruction from the CC has been on the ground in fighting against retrenchment, including fighting against labour brokers; we are now pushing government to convene a national job summit in response to the economic crisis. We also have received a certificate to take the street on economic crisis and the Renewal Energy
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