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SAFTU IN SOLIDARITY WITH NUMSA ON THE DEFENCE OF SMELTERS, JOBS AND INDUSTRIAL SOVEREIGNTY. | SA News


The South African Federation of Trade Unions (SAFTU) conveys its unwavering solidarity with the National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa (NUMSA) and thousands of metalworkers who today march to the Office of the Presidency to demand urgent state intervention to stop the destruction of South Africa’s smelting and metals sector.

We fully support this decisive action in the face of a deepening industrial crisis marked by mass retrenchments, plant closures and corporate disinvestment. The retrenchment of over 2,000 workers at Glencore, the more than 538 jobs already lost at Almar Investments, and the looming Section 189 process threatening up to 5,000 workers at Samancor…

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