Mbeki Has Harsh Words For Unions 1
In a statement in parliament that will probably only go further to enraging COSATU, President Mbeki has come out harshly at what he calls “lawlessness” and those who want to replace politics and diplomacy with “killing fields”. He came out pretty directly against the SATAWU led security guard strike:
I am talking of those who are throwing people off moving trains and assassinating workers in the private security sector
and called such actions an “undemocratic plague”. That’s some strong words there although he does say the people behind this are a minority. Which in itself could be seen as a insult if he means for people to apply the term minority to the entire strike.
COSATU/SATAWU will no doubt nod and agree with Mbeki on the cracking down on people who are violent (mainly for PR reasons) but they will be extremely miffed that he’s not exactly putting any support behind their strike.
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