The trade union is concerned that the paper’s circulation is part of a trend to destabilise its plans to form a United Front opposed to the ANC.
The ANC says the expulsion of the National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa from trade union federation Cosatu is a tragic development.
The National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa has been expelled from Cosatu after a grueling special central executive committee meeting.
Numsa’s bid to have Cosatu’s special central executive committee meeting halted was unsuccessful, and both will go head-to-head on Friday.
Numsa has filed an urgent interdict at the South Gauteng High Court to stop a crucial meeting in which it is expected to be expelled from Cosatu.
Numsa is playing all its cards and forging ahead, at all costs, with its plans to stand firm in its political ideals.
A political analyst says despite its strength in numbers, Numsa is wise to tread carefully with trade federation Cosatu.
Numsa’s symposium attracted interest from socialist groups in over 17 countries, but many fellow Cosatu affiliates were conspicuously absent.
A month-long strike in the metal sector is over after a three-year deal was reached in which workers will receive pay hikes of as much as 10% a year.
The metalworkers union sees the industry’s eleventh-hour bid to link an agreement to the curtailing of factory-level demands as an act of bad faith.
The trade union has called on it’s members to intensify the nationwide strike, which has already affected some companies in the automobile sector.
Employers’ worker lockout has been seen as a drastic attempt to weaken Numsa’s upcoming strike. But the union is just as resolute.
While saying that it still plans to lead 220 000 members in a strike this week, Numsa has gone for the jugular once again and criticised the ANC.
While criticising Jacob Zuma for allowing the spending of millions on upgrades at Nkandla, Numsa says the security cluster ministers should resign.
Numsa will be starting its own workers party as it says South Africa’s working class is disillusioned with the ANC and has been left "leaderless".
Tripartite alliance leaders lambasted Numsa during a march to defend the ANC called by the SACP and Cosatu.
Following his reinstatement at Cosatu, the trade union federation’s general secretary has responded to Numsa’s call for him to "abandon Cosatu".
Numsa’s first attempt to mobilise a cross-platform movement in the left wing highlighted some of the cracks that could widen and deepen with time.
Numsa says it will, "at the appropiate time", launch a political party – United Front and Movement for Socialism – aimed at uniting the working class.
Numsa leader Irvin Jim has threatened to take Cosatu to court over its central committee’s refusal to hold a special national congress.
The suspended Cosatu general secretary has received a charge sheet from the trade union federation, five months after being put on special leave.
Numsa general secretary Irvin Jim has declared war on the National Union of Mineworkers, saying it will recruit openly in the mining industry.
As Numsa prepares for its special conference, some wonder if a split from the tripartite alliance – and away from the ANC – is on the table.
The SACP has accused Numsa’s leader Irvin Jim of financial impropriety in a long-running feud between the two organisations over Zwelinzima Vavi.
Cosatu’s PEC in the Eastern Cape has torn into its president Sdumo Dlamini for delaying the special congress, which was called for two months ago.
Numsa general secretary Irvin Jim says he laid a formal criminal case against Popcru’s Matsemela after he publicly threatened to kill him.
Numsa says its general secretary, Irvin Jim, has received fresh death threats, while its president Cedric Gina’s resignation was polically motivated.
Following the leaking of a document about Numsa’s decision to leave Cosatu, Numsa general secretary Irvin Jim says the option is being discussed.
There is a political agenda behind Numsa president Cedric Gina’s resignation, says the union’s general secretary Irvin Jim.
Numsa president Cedric Gina has resigned from the Cosatu affiliate, reportedly due to disagreements between him and general secretary Irvin Jim.
Branches in Gauteng want Vavi and Jim to be included on the list of those who will represent the ANC in Parliament after next year’s elections.
Cosatu leaders have agreed to hold a special congress to deal with deepening divisions within the organisation, according to sources.