Former president of the Congress of South African Trade Unions (Cosatu), Willie Madisha, who was drummed out of the movement under a cloud related to disappearing donations, announced on Thursday that a new trade union movement is to be launched on March 28 in Gauteng.
"The need for an independent labour movement has become a necessity because a politically aligned union or federation fails to address the needs of workers across industries, both in private and public sectors," he said.
"We have recently experienced how workers, particularly those whose unions are affiliated to Cosatu, have been forced to support the ANC [African National Congress] and the SACP [South African Communist Party], even though they may not share the party's ideological vision or orientation."
Madisha has publicly aligned himself with the leadership of the Congress of the People (Cope).
Source: Mail & Guardian
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